Definitions
Definitions
1 mar-vaði
a, m. [Swed. marwatten = eddy], sea water, shoal water (?); only in the phrase, troða marvaða, to tread the water, of a swimmer in an upright position; the word also occurs in Fas. ii. 83 (foot-note, in a verse)—er marvaða mæddu Ránar jóð, but its use there is dubious.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
mar-vaði
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "mar-vaði" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).