ᚨᚢᛃᚨ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aują n, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“enjoy”). See also Proto-Germanic *auþuz (“easy”).

Noun

ᚨᚢᛃᚨ (auja) n

1. fortune, luck
   • 440–560, inscription on the Skodborghus-B bracteate (DR IK161)[1]

     ᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᛃᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᛞ

     aujaalawinaujaalawinaujaalawinjalawid

     /auja Alawin, auja Alawin, auja Alawin, j[āra] Alawid/

     luck for Alawin, luck for Alawin, luck for Alawin, prosperity for Alawid

   • c. 6th century, inscription on the bracteate Seeland-II-C (IK 98)[2]

     ᚷᛁᛒᚢᚨᚢᛅᚨ

     /gibu auja/

     I give luck

Descendants

• Old Norse: ey n (hapax)