Mar-þvara

Old Norse Dictionary - mar-þvara

Meaning of Old Norse word "mar-þvara"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

mar-þvara
u, f. a kind of crab, Eggert Itin. 997, Edda (Gl.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱ-ᚦᚢᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
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