Hauðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hauðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hauðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hauðr can mean:hauðr
- hauðr
- n. [the etymology of this word is not known], poët. earth, Edda 97, Hdl. 48, Lex. poët. passim: allit., hauðr ok himin, Sól. 54.
- hauðr
- COMPDS: hauðrgjörð, hauðrfjörnir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)