NAÐR

(gen. -rs), m. adder, snake (naðra mikil ok illileg).

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m., and naðra, u, f.; the r is radical, naðrs, naðri, an irreg. dat. nöðri, Edda 97 (in a verse); [Ulf. nadrs = ἔχιδνα, Luke iii. 7; A. S. nædre; O. H. G. natra, f.; Germ. natter]:—a viper, adder, snake, Edda 99, Hkv. Hjörv. 9, Vsp. 56; fránn naðr, 65, Edda 54 (in a verse); eitrsvalr naðr, 97 (in a verse); naðrs-tunga, snake-tongue, Ísl. ii. (in a verse): the fem. naðra, in Edda 99, Stj. 97, 417, Fas. i. 220; nema sú naðra er renndi at honum, 76; nöðrur ok ormar, Fms. iv. 248:—in poetical expressions, naðra-deyðir, ‘snake-bane,’ i. e. the winter, Mork. 214; naðrs-bingr, serpent-lair, i. e. gold; unda naðr, wound-snake, i. e. the sword; rausnar-naðr = a ship (see rausn); sjávar-naðr, a sea-serpent, i. e. a ship of war; val-naðr, hræ-naðr, carrion-serpent, i. e. a sword, see Lex. Poët.: the word is never used in prose.

2. freq. also of a war ship = Ormr, Hallfred (Fs. 208, 209).

3. the name of a sword, Eg.

COMPDS: nöðrukyn, nöðruætt.