Urð

Meaning of Old Norse word "urð"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word urð can mean:urð

urð

f. [the origin of this word is uncertain; the ð is radical, for were it inflexive, an ‘umlaut’ would have taken place in the vowel (it would then be yrð, not urð), see Gramm. xxxii, col. 2, l. 10 sqq.]:—a heap of stones, on the sea-beach, or from an earth-slip; sævar-urð, piles of broken stones on the sea-shore, Orkn. 114; at veiða otr er lá í urðinni undir höfðanum … þeir segja at hann væri þar á urðinni, 276; grjót ok urðir, Edda 5; urð sú lá í dalnum er Sefsurð heitir, ok er þar hvárki fært mönnum né hrossum … urðar-brot, breaking through an urð, Ó. H. 186; fætr Loka taka niðr grjótið, urðir ok viðu, Edda 45; látum liggja Ljotúlf goða, í urð ok í urð, Sd. (in a verse); draga urð at e-m, to pile stones on, Fms. vii. (in a verse).

urð

COMPDS: urðarköttr, urðarmaðr, urðarsteinn, urðhæingr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements