Urðr
Old Norse Dictionary - urðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "urðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word urðr can mean:urðr
- urðr
- f., qs. vurðr; gen. urðar; acc. dat. would be urði, but does not occur unless it be Vsp. 20, where urð must stand either for urði, dropping the vowel, for the next word begins with h; or it is nom. = urðr, according to the A. S. and general rule (cp. Rm. 36), that verbs signifying to call, name, are followed by a nom.: plur. urðir: [A. S. wyrd; Engl. weird; Hel. wurth]:—a weird, fate; the word is obsolete in prose; en sjá urðr sjallgætust (-gætastr, Cod. wrongly) með Svíum þótti, that weird, extraordinary accident, viz. that he slew himself, Ýt.; gengu þess á milli grimmar urðir, ‘grim weirds.’ a cruel fate prevented it, Skv. 3. 5; urðr öðlinga þú hefir æ verit, the evil Norn, evil angel of kings, Gkv. 1. 23.
- urðr
- II. esp. as the name of one of the three Norns, Vsp. 19.
- urðr
- COMPDS: Urðarbrunnr, urðarfár, urðarlokur, urðarmagn, urðarmáni, urðarorð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- plur.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
- esp.
- especially.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)