áttrǿðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From átta + -rǿðr. Compare nírǿðr, from níu + -rǿðr.

Adjective

áttrǿðr

  1. measuring eighty (fathoms, ells)
  2. eighty years old, octogenarian
    • c. 1130, Ari Þorgilsson, Íslendingabók
      En svá er sagt at Haraldr væri LXX. vetra konungr ok yrði áttrœðr.
      And such is said, that Haraldr was king for 70 winters, and became eighty years old.

Declension

References

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