Land-vörn
Old Norse Dictionary - land-vörn
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-vörn" (or land-vǫrn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word land-vörn can mean:land-vörn
- land-vörn (land-vǫrn)
- f. the defence of the land, n. G. L. ii. 199 sqq.; Guthorm son sinn setti hann til landvarnar austr við landsenda, Fms. i. 6; skyldi Einarr jarl hafa forráð fyrir þeim ok landvörn, Orkn. 44, 160.
- land-vörn (land-vǫrn)
- COMPDS: landvarnarbálkr, landvarnarmaðr, landvarnarsegL.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, land-vörn may be more accurately written as land-vǫrn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚢᚢᚱᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)