Odder

Old Danish Dictionary - odder

Meaning of Old Danish word "Odder", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Odder can mean:

  • 10. slange; iegh wil i tudz nain goo offwen paa the løffuer och odher. Tavsen. 235 (jvfr. Luk. 10.0. 1524 og flgd. overs.: scorpioner); en slange oc muldvarp, en hund oc odder broget.Lnuremberg,Skæmtedigte. 75 (= 1. adder, se not. til v. 262).lgn. t. otter. — Otterslange. nv, enangeart; aspis, otterslangen, Hex- aem. 244 i r.; den strjd, som imellem frebeenen oc otterslangen hafuer værit, S. Paulli, Flora D. 239K, 204B:; vandslangen, otterslangen. Comenius, Opladne Dør. $ 913 (— 1. aspis): otterslangen (kryber) paa steenene.1 sammes Orbis pict. 77 (= 1 aspis); see, hvor otterslangen bider. Kingo, Psalmeb. 355; otterslange, natter, otter. v, Aphelen,

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚦᚦᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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