Old Norse

Adjective

auðr

1. desolate

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *audaz ‎(“goods, possession, luck”). Cognate with Old English ēad, Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, the first part of Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 ‎(audahafts, “fortunate”).

Noun

auðr m (genitive auðs or auðar)

1. (uncountable) riches, wealth
   • Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 175, in 1826, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 80:

     […] en þó er nú at kominn vestan af Englandi, skortir mik eigi auð, […]

     […] but though that now is west of England, I am not short of money, […]

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References

• auðr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• auðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.