Oddi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Oddi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 oddi

a, m. a triangle, a point or tongue of land, Landn. 294, v. l.; vaxinn með þremr oddum, Fms. x. 272.

2 oddi

II. metaph. from the triangle, an odd number, opp. to even; ein er bæn, eða þrjár, fimm, eða sjau, því er bæna tal í odda, en eigi í jafna tölu, at sú tala er í odda er, merkir eining, ok má eigi deila í tvá hluti jafna, 625. 187: hence the metaph. phrase, standask í odda, to be at odds (Shakesp.), quarrelling; stóðsk allt í odda með þeim Þormóði ok Gesti, Fb. ii. 204 (skarsk í odda, Fbr. 81 new Ed. less correct); hefir nú ok í odda staðizk með oss um hríð, Ísl. ii. 180.

3 oddi

III. freq. in local names, of a tongue of land; Oddi, Odda-staðr, whence Odda-verjar, m. pl. the men from Oddi:—as a pr. name, Oddi, Stjörnu-Oddi = star-Oddi, Oddi the astronomer, an Icelander of the 12th century skilled in astronomy, from whom proceeded the computation called Odda-tal, n. the calculus of Oddi, Rb. 6.

4 oddi

COMPDS: oddamaðr, oddatala.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛏᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
opp
opposed to.
opp.
opposed.
opp. to
opposed to.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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