auðit
nafnorðhvorugkyn
of an obsolete verb analogous to auka (‘ablaut’ an—jó—au), [ öde, fatum; auðna, luck; auðr, opes, ], used in many phrases, and often answering to the αισα, with and of the thing; e-m er, verðr, auðit e-s, it falls to one’s lot; úlíkligt er at oss verði þeirrar hamingju a., it is unlikely that this good fortune is destined for us, 107; koma mun til mín feigðin…, ef mér verðr þess a., if that be ordained for me, 103; þó at mér verði lífs a., though life may be granted to me, i. 47; konungr lét græða menn sína sem lífs var a., those whose lot it was to live, who were not mortally wounded, 34; hafði þeim orðit sigrs a., had won the day, 86; var þeim eigi erfingja a., to them was no heir granted by fate, 625. 83: with ‘at’ and an , mun oss eigi a. verða at fá þvílíkan, x. 339: , hafi þeir gagn er a. er, let them gain the day to whom the god of battles grants it, xi. 66: with the addition of ‘til;’ ek ætla okkr lítt til ástafunda a. hafa orðit, we have had bad luck in love, 310: auðinn, appears twice or thrice in poetry, auðins fjár, means possessed, 3. 37: in prose in 21 (by Bishop Brand), láta auðins bíða, to submit to fate, to be unconcerned; even in , hvárt hyggit ér manni nokkuru at auðnara (any more chance), at hann fái knúta þessa leysta, of the Gordian knot, 19, at auðnu, v. auðna [ eâden, datus, concessus; ôdan, genitus, natus: also jóð, proles, a word perhaps of the same root.]
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- cp.compare.
- Swed.Swedish.
- etc.et cetera.
- Gr.Greek.
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pers.person.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- infin.nafnháttur (e. infinitive)
- absol.absolute, absolutely.
- masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)