oddr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ ord; ort = ‘point’ of land, spot, place, but in early = cuspis; Dan.-Swed. od, odd]:—a point of a weapon 59, 506, 96, and in countless instances, knífs-oddr, nálar-o., als-o., spjóts-o. (but blóðrefill of a sword): the phrase, oddr ok egg, 33; með oddi ok eggju, with point and edge, at the sword’s point, by force, 149, ii. 13; ætla ek at sækja oddi ok eggju frændleifð mína, 32; brjóta odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point of one’s pride, to humble oneself, 94: a point, spear, fölvar oddar, 1. 52; seðja ara oddum, 2. 7; oddar görva jarli megin, see jarl.
2. a spur, which in olden times had a single point, see Worsaae, No. 356.II. the front; hann hafði yxnum skipat í odd á liði sínu, x. 404.
2. a leader; hann var oddr ok æsir fyrir þessum úfriði, viii. 57,
III. a name, Oddr as well as Oddi: in compds, of men, Odd-björn, Odd-geirr, Odd-leifr, Odd-marr; of women, Odd-björg, Odd-fríðr, Odd-katla, Odd-laug, Odd-leif, Odd-ný, and in the latter part Þór-oddr, Arn-oddr, Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Lat.Latin.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- poët.poetically.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v. l.varia lectio.
- pr.proper, properly.
- Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Karl.Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
- K. Þ. K.Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Hom.Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)