Vár-þing
Old Norse Dictionary - vár-þing
Meaning of Old Norse word "vár-þing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vár-þing
- n. a spring-parliament, one of the quarter assizes held in Icel., see Íb. ch. 5, Grág. (Kb.), Þ.Þ. ch. 56–59; várþing, alþingi, leið, Grág. i. 4, 103, Ld. 50, Dropl. 5, 8, 13, Nj. 251, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱ-ᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)