# orð
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“speak”).
Cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word, Dutch woord, Old High German wort (German Wort), Swedish ord, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd), and English word.
The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I say”) and Old Church Slavonic ротити сѧ (rotiti sę, “to swear”) (Russian ротиться (rotitʹsja, “to vow”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oːɹ/
* Rhymes: -oːɹ

### Noun

orð n (genitive singular orðs, plural orð)
* word
* expression

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“speak”).
Cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word, Dutch woord, Old High German wort (German Wort), Swedish ord, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd), and English word.
The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I say”) and Old Church Slavonic ротити сѧ (rotiti sę, “to swear”) (Russian ротиться (rotitʹsja, “to vow”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔrð/
* Rhymes: -ɔrð

### Noun

orð n (genitive singular orðs, nominative plural orð)
* word
** Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
    Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
* remarks
    Synonym: ummæli
* request
    Synonym: bón
* message
* promise, one's word
    Synonym: loforð
    Að halda orð sín.To keep one's word.
* reputation
    Synonym: orðstír
    Frambjóðandinn hefur á sér gott orð.The candidate has a good reputation.

#### Derived terms

* boðorð
* boðorðin tíu
* fá orð í eyra (“to get a reprimand”)
* hafa orð á (“to mention something”)
* koma orðum að (“to find words to express something”)
* leggja orð í belg (“to put a word in, to make a remark”)
* mannorð
* markorð
* með öðrum orðum (“in other words”)
* meðal annarra orða (“by the way”)
* orð í tíma töluð (“a timely remark”)
* orðaleikur
* orðflokkur
* orðstír
* orðum aukinn (“exaggerated”)
* samstofna orð
* stikkorð
* taka til orða (“to speak”)
* varnaðarorð

### Further reading

* “orð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
* orð in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰom, zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), akin to Old English word, Old High German wort.

### Noun

orð n (genitive orðs, plural orð)
* word
* speech, saying

#### Derived terms

* yrði n sg (“words, utterances”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: orð
* Faroese: orð
* Norwegian Nynorsk: ord
* Norwegian Bokmål: ord
* Elfdalian: uord
* Old Swedish: orþ, ordh
** Swedish: ord
* Old Danish: orth
** Danish: ord
** Scanian: orð
* Old Gutnish: orþ
** Gutnish: ård

## Scanian
### Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [éʊːɐ]

### Noun

orð n (definite singular orðeð, plural orð)
* word