auraskortr

Old Norse

Etymology

From eyrir (“money”) +‎ skortr (“want, lack”).

Noun

auraskortr m

1. scarcity, lack of money

Declension

Declension of auraskortr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	auraskortr	auraskortrinn	auraskortar	auraskortarnir
accusative	auraskort	auraskortinn	auraskorta	auraskortana
dative	auraskorti	auraskortinum	auraskortum	auraskortunum
genitive	auraskorts	auraskortsins	auraskorta	auraskortanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “auraskortr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive