Varða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 varða

u, f. [Germ. warte], a beacon; hann bað þá göra þar vörðu til minnis, Orkn. 208.

2 varða

2. a pile of stones or wood to ‘warn’ a wayfarer; in Icel. varða is the popular name of stone cairns erected on high points on mountains and waste places, to ‘warn’ the wayfarer as to the course of the way, (in the Tyrolese Alps they are called ‘daube’ = Icel. þúfa, q. v.); hann reisti þar vörðu hjá dysinni, Hrafn. 9; varða á hálsinum fyrir sunnan Stiga-bæli. Dipl. v. 19; hæðir þær er heita Hallbjarnar-vörður … því eru þrjár vörður á þeirri hæðinni en fimm á hinni, Landn. 153; haug eða stóra vörðu, Stj. 182; náttmála-varða, Þórð. 58 (see náttmál); dagmála-varða, of piles of stones by which the ‘day-marks’ are fixed: freq. in local names, Vörðu-fell, Holtavörðu-heiðr, Landn., map of Icel.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅᚱᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
absol: absolute, absolutely.
absol.: absolute, absolutely.
acc.: accusative.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
lit: literally.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
nom.: nominative.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
D. I.: Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Fsm.: Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Krók.: Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lil.: Lilja. (A. III.)
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ölk.: Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Skm.: Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
Þorf. Karl.: Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)
Þórð.: Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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Varða

Varða

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