Varar-feldr

Old Norse Dictionary - varar-feldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "varar-feldr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

varar-feldr
m. [in this and the following compds varar may be derived either from vara or better from vör (q. v.), denoting goods as they were sold in harbour]:—cloaks marketable in the trade, Grág. i. 500; hafskip kom af Íslandi, þat var hlaðit af vararfeldum, Hkr. i. 176, Nj. 7, Korm. 158.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᛅᚱ-ᚠᛁᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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