rǫðull
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *raduraz (“sky, heaven, wheel”), whence also Old English rodor (“sky, heaven, heavens”) and Old Saxon radur (“sky, heaven, heavens”).
Noun
rǫðull m
- glory, halo
- (poetic) sun
Synonyms
- (sun): sól
Descendants
- Icelandic: röðull (“sun”)
References
- rǫðull in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press