OTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

OTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 OTR

m., gen. otrs, pl. otrar, [Engl. and Germ. otter; O. H. G. otar]:—an otter; otr einn, otrinum, otrinn, otr ok lax, Edda 72; þar lá opt otr í urðinni … veiða otr er lá í urðinni, Orkn. 274, 276; otrs líki, Fas. i. 151: poët., hafs otr, vánar otr, a ‘sea-otter,’ i. e. a ship, Lex. Poët.: in local names, Otra-dalr, in western Iceland, Landn., Gísl.

2 OTR

COMPDS: otrbelgr, otrgjöld, otrhundr, otraskinn.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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