Árr
Old Norse Dictionary - árr
Meaning of Old Norse word "árr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word árr can mean:árr
- árr
- m. [Ulf. airus; Hel. eru; A. S. ar; cp. Icel. eyrindi, A. S. ærend, Engl. errand], a messenger; old gen. árar (as ásar from áss); dat. æri (FmS. xi. 144); acc. pl. áru, Hkv. 1. 21, Og. 25, Greg. 35, later ára; nom. pl. ærir, Pd. 35 (12th century), later árar, v. Lex. Poët.: very rare and obsolete in prose, except in a bad sense, but freq. in old poetry: also used in the sense of a servant, Lat. minister, famulus; konungs árr, Guðs árr, Lex. Poët.; Ásu úrr, Ýt. 25.
- árr
- 2. theol., in pl.:
- árr
- α. the angels; Guð görir anda áru sína, Greg. 35; engla sveitir, þat eru ærir ok höfuð-ærir, id.
- árr
- β. evil spirits; now almost exclusively used in this sense; fjandinn ok hans árar, FmS. vii. 37; satan með sínum árum, ii. 137; cp. djöfli, viti, ár (dat.) og álf, öldin trúði sú, Snót 140.
- árr
- γ. used of the number eleven, ærir eru ellefu, Edda 108.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Pd.
- Placidus-drápa. (A. III.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)