Véar
Old Norse Dictionary - véar
Meaning of Old Norse word "véar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- véar
- m. pl., is in Lex. Poët. entered among the names of gods, but scarcely rightly so, for the Hým. 39 is corrupt; ‘véar skulu’ probably is ‘Véorr skyli’ … drekka eitt öldr, may W. (i. e. Thor) enjoy a banquet with Egir! so also in the verse of Kristni S. ch. 8, véa is gen. pl. from vé = aedes; perh. tanna vé = aedes dentium = the mouth (?).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- gen.
- genitive.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Kristni S.
- Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.