óðfúss

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From óðr (mad, furious, violent) +‎ fúss (longing), from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz + *funsaz, whence also Old English fūs, Old Saxon fūs, Old High German funs.

Adjective[edit]

óðfúss

  1. madly longing, excited to depart
    • verse 28 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)
      Sváf vætr Freyja / átta nóttum, / svá var hon óðfús / í Jǫtunheima.
      No sleep has Freyja / for eight nights found, / So hot was her longing / for Jotunheim.

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