Mörðr
Old Norse Dictionary - mörðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mörðr" (or mǫrðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mörðr can mean:mörðr
- mörðr (mǫrðr)
- m., gen. marðar, dat. merði, [Engl. marten; Germ. marder; Dan. maard]:—a marten; in Edda (gl.) mörðr is wrongly put among the names of rams, for the marten is not known in Icel.
- mörðr (mǫrðr)
- II. a pr. name, Landn., Nj.; from that Saga originated in popular usage, by way of metonomy, mörðr = a backslider (as a ‘Judas’). marðar-skinn, n. a marten’s skin; see marðskinn.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mörðr may be more accurately written as mǫrðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)