Nauð
Old Norse Dictionary - nauð
Meaning of Old Norse word "nauð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word nauð can mean:nauð
- nauð
- f. [Ulf. nauþs = ἀνάγκη; A. S. neôd; Engl. need; Hel. nôd; O. H. G. nôt; Germ. noth; Dan. nöd]:—need, difficulty, distress; í hverri nauð, Hom. 34; nauð ok erfiði, FmS. vii. 208; þola nauð, to suffer need, Lex. poët.; vetrlig nauð, SkS. 49; með nauðum, with great difficulty, FmS. ix. 387; hann var borinn með nauðum, Þryml. 8:—bondage, hann var hertekinn ok síðan seldr í nauð, FmS. x. 391 (á-nauð, q. v.): höfgar nauðir, ‘heavy needs,’ of fetters, Vkv. 11:—labour, of women, in nauð-göngull, q. v.: of spells, hverr feldi af mér fölvar nauðir, Sdm. 1; nema e-n ór nauðum, to deliver, Fsm. 40; vera í nauðum, to be charmed, spell-bound, Lex. poët.:—the Rune RUNE, Sdm. 7, Rkv., see introduction:—poët., bog-nauð, dal-nauð, ‘bow-need,’ i. e. the hand, Edda ii. 429; kykva nauð, id., Þd.
- nauð
- COMPDS: nauðarmaðr, nauðahandsal, nauðakostr, nauðalaust, nauðamikill, nauðasátt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)