Njörðr
Fornnordisk Ordbok - njörðr
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "njörðr" (eller njǫrðr)
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
- njörðr (njǫrðr)
- m., gen. Njarðar, dat. Nirði, [cp. Nerthus, the goddess in Tacit. Germ. ch. 40; a similar worship is in the Northern account, FmS. ii. 73–78, attributed to Njord’s son Frey]:—Njorð, one of the old Northern gods, father of Frey and Freyja; about whom see Vþm. 38, 39, Gm. 16, LS. 33, 34, Edda passim: Njord was the god of riches and traffic, hence the phrase, auðigr sem Njörðr, wealthy as Njord, a Croesus, FS. 80. The name remains in Njarðar-vöttr, m. Njord’s glove, i. e. a sponge, Matth. xxvii. 48, freq. in mod. usage, and that it was so in olden times is seen from the words, þessa figúru köllum vér Njarðar-vött í skáldskap, this figure (a kind of antonomasia) we call Njord’s glove, Skálda 196: in local names, Njarð-vík, in eastern Icel., q. v.; Njarðar-lög and Njarð-ey, in Norway; cp. also njarð-láss, njarð-gjörð. In old Icel. translations of classical legends Njord is taken to represent Saturn, Bret., Clem. S. passim.
Ortografi: Cleasby & Vigfussons bok använde bokstaven ö för att representera den ursprungliga fornnordiska vokalen ǫ. Därför kan njörðr vara mer korrekt skrivet som njǫrðr.
Möjlig runinskrift i yngre futhark:ᚾᛁᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Yngre futhark-runor användes från 800- till 1200-talet i Skandinavien och deras utländska bosättningar
Förkortningar som används:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)