Auðn
Old Norse Dictionary - auðn
Meaning of Old Norse word "auðn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word auðn can mean:auðn
- auðn
- f. [auðr, adj.]
- auðn
- 1. a wilderness, desert; auðn Sinai, Stj. 300.
- auðn
- β. land which has no owner or is waste, uninhabited; bygðust þá margar auðnir víða, many wide wastes were then peopled, Eg. 15; alla auðn landsins, Fms. i. 5, viii. 33, GrEg. 33: the auðn was claimed as a royal domain; konungr á hér a. alla í landi, Fms. xi. 225; um þær auðnir er menn vilja byggja, þá skal sá ráða er a. á, the owner of the waste, N. G. L. i. 125: different from almenningr, compascuum or common.
- auðn
- 2. more specially a deserted farm or habitation; sá bær hét síðan á Hrappstöðum, þar er nú a., Ld. 24; liggja í a., to lie waste, 96, Grág. ii. 214, cp. 278.
- auðn
- 3. destruction; auðn borgarinnar (viz. Jerusalem), GrEg. 40, Rb. 332, Ver. 43, Sd. 179 (where auðnu, f.); ríki mitt stendr mjök til auðnar, is in a state of desolation, Fms. xi. 320, Bret. 68: insolvency, utter poverty, Grág. i. 62.
- auðn
- COMPDS: auðnarhús, auðnaróðal, auðnarseL.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- cp.
- compare.
- viz.
- namely.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)