Varp
Old Norse Dictionary - varp
Meaning of Old Norse word "varp"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word varp can mean:varp
- varp
- n. a casting, throwing; munn-varp, á-varp (qq. v.), and-varp, a sigh.
- varp
- II. in a spec. sense, a cast, of a net; hafi sá varp er fyrst renndi, Gþl. 426; á sá sild alla er varp á, id.
- varp
- 2. a ‘casting’ or laying of eggs; egg-varp = egg-ver, freq. in Icel., esp. of eider-ducks; varpið hefir aukizt, tóa komin í varpið: æðar-varp, eider-ducks’ eggs; kríu-varp.
- varp
- 3. the warping of a thing; skó-varp (q. v.), the stitched edge of a shoe; unn-varp, unn-vörpum, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- spec.
- specially.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)