Al-vara

Meaning of Old Norse word "al-vara"

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

Old Norse word al-vara can mean:al-vara

al-vara

u, f. [appears neither in Engl. nor Germ.; Dan. alvor].

al-vara

1. seriousness, earnestness; Gunnarr segir sér þat alvöru, Nj. 49, þorst. Stang. 50; áhyggjusamliga ok með mikilli a., with much earnestness, Fms. i. 141; taka e-t fyrir a., to take it in earnest, x. 77; vissa ek eigi at þér var a. við at taka, that you were in earnest, Band. 3.

al-vara

2. affection = alúð (not used at present in that sense); hverigir lögðu fulla alvöru til annarra, Bs. i. 288; elskulig a. til e-s, hearty love, Fms. iii. 63; með alvöru ok blíðu, 144; er öll hans a. (inclination) til Ólafs konungs, vi. 32.

al-vara

COMPDS: alvöruliga, alvöruligr, alvörusamligr.

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