Naðr
Old Norse Dictionary - naðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "naðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word naðr can mean:naðr
- naðr
- m., and naðra, u, f.; the r is radical, naðrs, naðri, an irreg. dat. nöðri, Edda 97 (in a verse); [Ulf. nadrs = ἔχιδνα, Luke iii. 7; A. S. nædre; O. H. G. natra, f.; Germ. natter]:—a viper, adder, snake, Edda 99, Hkv. Hjörv. 9, Vsp. 56; fránn naðr, 65, Edda 54 (in a verse); eitrsvalr naðr, 97 (in a verse); naðrs-tunga, snake-tongue, Ísl. ii. (in a verse): the fem. naðra, in Edda 99, Stj. 97, 417, FaS. i. 220; nema sú naðra er renndi at honum, 76; nöðrur ok ormar, FmS. iv. 248:—in poetical expressions, naðra-deyðir, ‘snake-bane,’ i. e. the winter, Mork. 214; naðrs-bingr, serpent-lair, i. e. gold; unda naðr, wound-snake, i. e. the sword; rausnar-naðr = a ship (see rausn); sjávar-naðr, a sea-serpent, i. e. a ship of war; val-naðr, hræ-naðr, carrion-serpent, i. e. a sword, see Lex. Poët.: the word is never used in prose.
- naðr
- 2. freq. also of a war ship = Ormr, Hallfred (FS. 208, 209).
- naðr
- 3. the name of a sword, Eg.
- naðr
- COMPDS: nöðrukyn, nöðruætt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- fem.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- i. e.
- id est.
- irreg.
- irregular.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)