Au-virðast
Old Norse Dictionary - au-virðast
Meaning of Old Norse word "au-virðast"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word au-virðast can mean:au-virðast
- au-virðast
- d, to become worthless, Eg. 103, Glúm. 377 C.
- au-virðast
- 2. in the act. to think unworthy, disparage, Barl. 21, 57, 123, 190, Mar. 83: seldom used except in Norse writers, and consequently spelt with an ‘af-:’ in reflex. sense. Stj. 483.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢ-ᚢᛁᚱᚦᛅᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- act.
- active.
- l.
- line.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)