Dauða-orð

Old Norse Dictionary - dauða-orð

Meaning of Old Norse word "dauða-orð"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

dauða-orð
(v. l. and better dauða-yrðr, f., from yrðr = urðr, weird, fate), n. death, ‘death-weird,’ Ýt. 8.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

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