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”)

References
  • “rǫðull”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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