rǫðull

See also: röðull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raduraz ~ *radulaz (“sky, heaven, wheel”), whence also Old English rodor (“sky, heaven, heavens”) and Old Saxon radur (“sky, heaven, heavens”).

Noun

rǫðull m

1. glory, halo
2. (poetic, heiti) sun

   Synonym: sól

Declension

Declension of rǫðull (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rǫðull	rǫðullinn	rǫðlar	rǫðlarnir
accusative	rǫðul	rǫðulinn	rǫðla	rǫðlana
dative	rǫðli	rǫðlinum	rǫðlum	rǫðlunum
genitive	rǫðuls	rǫðulsins	rǫðla	rǫðlanna

Derived terms

• alfrǫðull (“the elf-wheel; the sun”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: röðull (“sun”)

Further reading

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