Vár-kynna
Old Norse Dictionary - vár-kynna
Meaning of Old Norse word "vár-kynna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vár-kynna can mean:vár-kynna
- vár-kynna
- ð, mod. vorkenna, qs. kunna vár, see várkunn above:—to excuse; v. e-m, Greg. 72; vil ek yðr v. at þér þykkisk alls til lengi hafa heiman verit, Fms. ii. 296; munu vér eigi várkynna öðrum þó at hér skatyrðisk, Ísl. ii. 384.
- vár-kynna
- 2. to pity; várkynndi hann fátækt (dat.) hans, 655 iii. 4; várkynna synðgum, Greg. 45; líkna ok várkynna, 623. 23; þér várkynndut oss eigi, pitied us not, Fas. ii. 76.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱ-ᚴᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
- v.
- vide.
- dat.
- dative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)