Auð-sóttr
Old Norse Dictionary - auð-sóttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "auð-sóttr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- auð-sóttr
- part. easily won, easy to win; mál a., Eg. 38, 200, in both cases of a happy suitor; a. land, land lightly won, Fms. iii. 49; auðsóttr til bæna, pliable, yielding, Al. 4: eigi a., not easily matched, Valla l. 205.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦ-ᛋᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)