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.)