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. [Ulf. wegs = σεισμός, pl. wegos = κύματα; A. S. wæg; Engl. wave; Dan. vove; Germ. wogen; the root word is vega, to stir]:—a wave, sea; but in this sense obsolete except in poetry; vind ek kyrri vági á, Hm. 155, Alm. 25; vágr vindlauss, a windless wave, Ýt.; þau á vági vindr of lék, Gkv. 1. 6; róa á vág, Hým. 17; vágs róði, Stor.; vágs hyrr, ‘wave-flame’ i. e. gold, Bragi: in prose the allit. vindr eða vágr, n. G. l. i. 34.
- vágr
- COMPDS: vággarðr, vágmarr, vágþeystr, vágþrýstr.
- vágr
- B. [This may be a different word, connected with varra, vörr, = a lip]:—a creek, bay, Hbl. i, 12; þeir lendu í váginn, Landn. 97; lögðu í inn ytra váginn, FmS. ix. 21; þeir liggja á vági þeim er Hjörunga-vágr heitir, xi. 122; í skerin ganga vágar, FaS. ii. 533; very freq. in Icel.
- vágr
- II. also in pr. names, Vágr, Vágar, a fishing-place in northern Norway, whence Vága-floti, FmS. iv. 277: Vága-stefna, a fair at Vágar. FmS. iv. 277.
- vágr
- COMPDS: vágsbotn, Vágsbrú.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)