orðstírr

Old Norse

Etymology

From orð (“word”) +‎ tírr (“glory”).

Noun

orðstírr m (genitive orðstírs)

fame, renown, good report
- 800s, Hávamál, verse 76
  Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
  deyr sjalfr it sama,
  en orðstírr / deyr aldregi,
  hveim er sér góðan getr.
  Cattle die, / kinsmen die;
  the self dies the same.
  But a word-glory / never dies
  for him, who a good one gets.

Declension

Declension of orðstírr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orðstírr	orðstírrinn	orðstírar	orðstírarnir
accusative	orðstír	orðstírinn	orðstíra	orðstírana
dative	orðstíri	orðstírinum	orðstírum	orðstírunum
genitive	orðstírs	orðstírsins	orðstíra	orðstíranna

Descendants

Icelandic: orðstír

References

orðstírr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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