loðinn

Past participle of a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *leudaną. Compare Old English lēodan (“to grow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːðɪn(ː)/

loðinn (comparative loðnari, superlative loðnastur)

1. hairy, furry

• loðna (“hairiness”)

Past participle of a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *leudaną. Compare Old English lēodan (“to grow”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”), whence also Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

loðinn (comparative loðnari, superlative loðnastr)

1. hairy, shaggy, woolly

   ær loðnar ok lembdar

   ewes in fleece and with lamb

2. covered with thick grass

• loðbrók f (“shaggy breeks”)
• loði m (“fur cloak”)
• loðinhǫfði m (“shaggy head”)
• loðinkinni m (“shaggy cheek”)
• loðkápa f (“fur cloak”)
• loðolpa f (“a large fur doublet”)

• loðinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.