Iðr
Old Norse Dictionary - iðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "iðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word iðr can mean:iðr
- iðr
- n. pl.; [this word cannot be derived from inn (ð = nn), for even the Gothic idreiga and idreigon have the d; O. H. G. in-adiri; the word is prob., as suggested by Grimm, akin to Germ. ader, Icel. æðr (a vein)]:—the bowels, entrails (see innyfli), Grág. ii. 371, Bs. i. 346, Orkn. 458, Landn. 217, Ld. 222, Gullþ. 23, Fbr. 208, Fms. iii. 77, viii. 326; iðr ok innyfli, Stj. 280, Post. 238.
- iðr
- II. metaph., freq. in eccl. usage like σπλάγχνα; miskunar-iðr, bowels of mercy, n. T.; skaka ok skelfa iðr ok alvöru síns föður, Stj. 132. iðra-kveisa, u, f., iðra-verkr, m., North. E. and Scot. ‘belly-work,’ a pain in the bowels, 655 xii. 3, Al. 23, Stj. 436.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.