Land-vörðr
Old Norse Dictionary - land-vörðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-vörðr" (or land-vǫrðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- land-vörðr (land-vǫrðr)
- m. a land-warder, poët. a king, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, land-vörðr may be more accurately written as land-vǫrðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚢᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.