Hlöðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hlöðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlöðr" (or hlǫðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlöðr (hlǫðr)
- m. [hlaða], a destroyer, vanquisher, Lex. Poët.: a pr. name, Fas.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hlöðr may be more accurately written as hlǫðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.