Vefnaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - vefnaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vefnaðr"

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

vefnaðr
m. a woven stuff; dýrum vefnaði, Fms. ii. 69: freq. in mod. usage, glit-vefnaðr, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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