Kvarði
Old Norse Dictionary - kvarði
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvarði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvarði
- a, m. [the Dan.-Swed. kaarde = a dirk is prob. the same word; Swed. quard = selvage]:—a yard-wand, Grág. i. 497, freq. in mod. usage: the phrase, setr nú at honum kvarða, Skíða R.; mæli-kvarði, a measure, proportion, of a map; cp. also á-kvarðá, to measure, fix, determine.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- R.
- Rimur.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)