urðr
nafnorðkvenkyn
, vurðr; urðar; would be urði, but does not occur unless it be 20, where urð must stand either for urði, dropping the vowel, for the next word begins with h; or it is = urðr, according to the and general rule ( 36), that verbs signifying to call, name, are followed by a : urðir: [ wyrd; weird; wurth]:—a weird, fate; the word is obsolete in prose; en sjá urðr sjallgætust (-gætastr, wrongly) með Svíum þótti, that weird, extraordinary accident, that he slew himself, Ýt.; gengu þess á milli grimmar urðir, ‘grim weirds.’ a cruel fate prevented it, 3. 5; urðr öðlinga þú hefir æ verit, the evil Norn, evil angel of kings, 1. 23.
II. as the name of one of the three Norns, 19.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- qs.quasi.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.compare.
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Engl.English.
- Hel.Heliand.
- Cod.Codex.
- viz.namely.
- esp.especially.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)