Á-varp

Meaning of Old Norse word "á-varp"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word á-varp can mean:á-varp

á-varp

n. (cp. verpa tölu á, to count):

á-varp

1. a computation, calculation, in round numbers; þat var á. manna, at fyrir Norðnesi mundi eigi færa falla en þrjú hundruð manna, Fms. viii. 143, x. 64, 139; kallaðr ekki vænn maðr at ávarpi flestra manna, in the suggestion, account of most people, Bs. i. 72.

á-varp

2. in mod. usage, an address, accosting, Lat. allocutio; and ávarpa, að, to address, Lat. alloqui; cp. the old phrase, verpa orði á e-n, alloqui.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᚢᛅᚱᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements