Váfuðr
Old Norse Dictionary - váfuðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "váfuðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- váfuðr
- m. the waverer, one of the names of Odin, Gm., Edda; örváfaðr, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚠᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.