Yðr
Old Norse Dictionary - yðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "yðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word yðr can mean:yðr
- yðr
- dat. and acc. plur., and yðar, gen. (the original form iðr); [Goth. ïzwis = υμας and υμιν and ïzwara = υμων]:—you; biðja yðr (acc.), segja yðr (dat.); but koma til yðar, in endless instances; as also when addressing a person of rank, the plur. is used; vil ek gjarna veita yðr þat, Fms. x. 387, passim: or even sing. and plur. promiscuously.
- yðr
- 2. hverr er sá af yðr Íslendingum, of you Icelanders, Fms, i. 32.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)