Arf-vörðr
Old Norse Dictionary - arf-vörðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "arf-vörðr" (or arf-vǫrðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- arf-vörðr (arf-vǫrðr)
- m. [A. S. yrfeveard; Hel. erbivard], (poët.) an heir, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, arf-vörðr may be more accurately written as arf-vǫrðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚠ-ᚢᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.