Ver-fákr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ver-fákr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ver-fákr

m. a sea-steed, i. e. a ship, Lex. Poët.: in prose ironic., but misapplied in Fbr. 156; the word is only poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᚱ-ᚠᛅᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetical, poetically.

Works & Authors

Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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