Lúðr
Old Norse Dictionary - lúðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lúðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lúðr can mean:lúðr
- lúðr
- m., the r radical, [cp. Dan. lur, Shetl. looder-horn], a trumpet, Edda 17; þeir höfðu lúðr ok blésu, Orkn. 300; lát taka lúðra ok lát blása um alla borgina, Sks. 748; blása í lúðr, Fms. iv. 300; þeyta lúðr, Al. 35, Stj. 392; kvóðu við lúðrar, Fms. vi. 16; við hinn síðasta lúðr-þyt, því lúðrinn mun gella, 1 Cor. xv. 52, passim.
- lúðr
- COMPDS: lúðrblástr, lúðragangr, lúðrshljóð, lúðrmaðr, lúðrsveinn, lúðraþytr, lúðrþeytari.
- lúðr
- B. A flour-bin; þær at lúðri leiddar vóru, Gs. 2; leggjum lúðra, 3; steinar rifna, stökkr lúðr fyrir, þótt lúðr þrumi, Hkv. 2. 2, 3; þat ek fyrst of man er sá inn fróði jötunn | á var lúðr of lagiðr, Vþm. 35 (referring to some ancient lost myth). The word is still preserved in the south-east of Iceland,—hleypr mjölit um kring kvernina út á lúðrinn, Fél. ii. 155 (of the year 1782): poët. the sea is called ey-lúðr, island-flour-bin, Edda (in a verse); see the remarks to amlóði:—the phrase, ganga e-m í lúðr, to fall into one’s bin, metaph. phrase, to fall to one’s lot, Gs. 11.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.
- Gs.
- Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)