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.