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

desolate

Descendants

Icelandic: auður
Faroese: eyður
Norwegian:
Norwegian Nynorsk: aud

Norwegian Bokmål: øde
Old Swedish: ø̄þe
- Swedish: öde
- ⇒ Old Swedish: öþkn, økn
  - Swedish: öken
Old Danish: ødtæ
- Danish: øde
- ⇒ Old Danish: øthkn, øthken
  - Danish: ørken
    - → Norwegian:
      - 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)

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from auðr

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

Terms related to auðr

auðga (“to enrich”)
auðigr (“rich”)
auðna (“good fortune”)
auðna (“to fall out by fate”)

auðnulauss (“luckless”)
auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
auðugr (“rich”)

Descendants

Faroese: eyður m
Icelandic: auður m

Swedish: öd

References

auðr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
auðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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