od
Middle English
/ˈɔd(ə)/
adj
Definitions
- odd not divisible by two
- additional, remaining usually after being split equally
- worthy, notable, daring, amazing
- powerful, gigantic, large, impressive.
- (rare) different, dissimilar, odd
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse oddi (third additional number, odd, triangle).
Origin
Old Norse
oddi
Gloss
third additional number, odd, triangle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Oddfellow English
- nonodd English
- odd English
- oddball English
- odden English
- oddify English
- oddish English
- oddling English
- oddly English
- oddment English
- oddness English
- oddship English
- oddsome English
- odde Norwegian Bokmål
- *uzdaz Proto-Germanic
- odde Norwegian Nynorsk
- oddenesse Middle English
- odly Middle English
- oddi Old Norse
- odde Danish