auður

See also: Auður

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -øyːðʏr

  Homophone: Auður

Etymology 1

From Old Norse auðr (“desolate”), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz whence also Faroese eyður, Norwegian aud and ød, Danish øde, Swedish öde. Cognate with Old English īeþe and Old High German ōdi.

Adjective

auður (comparative auðari, superlative auðastur)

1. empty

   Húsið var autt.

   The house was empty.

2. desolate

Declension

positive forms of auður

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auður	auð	autt
	accusative	auðan	auða
	dative	auðum	auðri	auðu
	genitive	auðs	auðrar	auðs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auðir	auðar	auð
	accusative	auða
	dative	auðum
	genitive	auðra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auði	auða	auða
	acc/dat/gen	auða	auðu
	plural (all-case)	auðu

comparative forms of auður

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	auðari	auðari	auðara
	plural (all-case)	auðari

superlative forms of auður

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auðastur	auðust	auðast
	accusative	auðastan	auðasta
	dative	auðustum	auðastri	auðustu
	genitive	auðasts	auðastrar	auðasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auðastir	auðastar	auðust
	accusative	auðasta
	dative	auðustum
	genitive	auðastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	auðasti	auðasta	auðasta
	acc/dat/gen	auðasta	auðustu
	plural (all-case)	auðustu

Derived terms

• sitja auðum höndum

Etymology 2

From Old Norse auðr, from Proto-Germanic *audaz whence also Faroese eyður. Cognate with Old Saxon ōd; Old English ēad (“happiness”); Old High German ōt.

Noun

auður m (genitive singular auðs or (poetic) auðar, no plural)

1. wealth, riches

   Synonyms: ríkidæmi, auðæfi

Declension

Declension of auður (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	auður	auðurinn
accusative	auð	auðinn
dative	auði	auðnum
genitive	auðs, auðar1	auðsins, auðarins1

¹Poetic.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “auður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “auður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “auður”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)