oddr

See also: Oddr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“pointing upward”), whence also Old English ord, Old High German ort, from Proto-Indo-European *uzdho

Noun

oddr m

sharp point

Declension

Declension of oddr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	oddr	oddrinn	oddar	oddarnir
accusative	odd	oddinn	odda	oddana
dative	oddi	oddinum	oddum	oddunum
genitive	odds	oddsins	odda	oddanna

Derived terms

Oddr

Related terms

oddi
ydda

Descendants

Icelandic: oddur
Faroese: oddur
Danish: od
Norwegian: odd, odde
Old Swedish: udder, odder
- Swedish: udd, udde
→ Middle English: od, odde
- Scots: odd, od, ode
- English: odd

References

oddr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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