auðr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑuðr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“void, empty”), whence also Old English ēaþ and Old High German ōdi, whence German öde, Öde and Einöde.

Adjective

auðr

1. desolate

Descendants

• Icelandic: auður
• Faroese: eyður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aud
• Old Swedish: ø̄þe
  • Swedish: öde
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: öþkn, økn
    • Swedish: öken
• Old Danish: ødtæ
  • Danish: øde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øde
  • ⇒ Old Danish: øthkn, øthken
    • Danish: ørken
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ørken
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: ørken

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *audaz (“goods, possession, luck”). Cognate with Old English ēad, Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, the first part of Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (audahafts, “fortunate”).

Noun

auðr m (genitive auðs or auðar)

1. (uncountable) riches, wealth
   • Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 175, in 1826, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 80:

     […] en þó er nú at kominn vestan af Englandi, skortir mik eigi auð, […]

     […] but though that now is west of England, I am not short of money, […]

Declension

  Declension of auðr (strong a-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	auðr	auðrinn
accusative	auð	auðinn
dative	auði	auðinum
genitive	auðs, auðar	auðsins, auðarins

Derived terms

• auðhóf (“wealth”)
• auðhœfl (“wealth”)
• auðkýfingr (“wealthy man”)
• auðlegð (“wealth”)
• auðmaðr (“wealthy man”)
• auðmildingr (“generous man”)
• auðrann (“rich house”)
• auðráð (“wealth”)
• auðræði (“means, property”)
• auðsalir (“rich halls”)
• auðstafr (“wealthy man”)
• auðœfl (“wealth”)
• gullauðr (“wealth in gold”)

Related terms

• auðga (“to enrich”)
• auðigr (“rich”)
• auðna (“good fortune”)
• auðna (“to fall out by fate”)
• auðnulauss (“luckless”)
• auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
• auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
• auðugr (“rich”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: auður
• Faroese: eyður
• Old Swedish: ø̄þer
  • Swedish: öd
• Old Danish: øth
  • Danish: ød(e), (obsolete)

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “auðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 32
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “auðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 25; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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