Varði
Old Norse Dictionary - varði
Meaning of Old Norse word "varði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word varði can mean:varði
- varði
- a, m. = varða: þeir hlóðu þar varða er blótið hafði verit, Landn. 28 (Hb.); var varði stórr fyrir ofan tjaldit, Dropl. 33; reisa hávan varða, Orkn. 208 (in the verse, the prose uses the fem.)
- varði
- 2. in mod. usage varði means a monument, memorial, or minnis-varði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- fem.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)