Jóð
Old Norse Dictionary - jóð
Meaning of Old Norse word "jóð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jóð
- n. [this interesting word is prob. akin to óðal, auðr, eðli, referring to an old lost strong verb, jóða, auð, throwing light upon the sense of these words]:—a baby, Edda 108, Rm. 38; jóð ól Edda, jósu vatni, Rm. 7; ól ek mér jóð, Gh. 14, Skv. 3. 60 (Bugge); eiga jóð, Vkv. 31; fæða jóð, Am. 103; jóðs aðal, a baby’s nature, poët. of one sucking like a baby, Ýt. 13: poët., arnar-jóð, úlfs, gyldis, örnis jóð, an eagle’s, wolf’s, giant’s kin, Lex. poët.; hauk-jóð, a hawk’s offspring, Rekst.; hún (the fox) á sér í holu jóð, hvað eiga þau að eta? Snót.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)