Valdr
Old Norse Dictionary - valdr
Meaning of Old Norse word "valdr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word valdr can mean:valdr
- valdr
- m. = valdi, Lex. poët. passim; but in prose only in the compd all-valdr; besides many poët. compds, her-valdr, ógn-valdr, see Lex. poët.
- valdr
- 2. in the latter part of pr. names, Þór-valdr, Ás-valdr, Rögn-valdr, dropping the v in Har-aldr, Ingj-aldr, Arn-aldr, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)