Vágr
Old Norse Dictionary - vágr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vágr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vágr can mean:vágr
- vágr
- m. [no doubt different from the preceding word, prob. qs. vargr, absorbing var into vá: O. H. G. warag; mod. H. G. ware, wærch, Schmeller; Dan. voer]:—matter, from a sore; vella vági ok hryfi, Stj. 344; freyddi ór upp blóð ok vágr, Ísl. ii. 218; vágs litr, 677. 22.
- vágr
- COMPDS: vágfall, vágnagli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Similar entries:
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)