Ver-fákr
Old Norse Dictionary - ver-fákr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ver-fákr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ver-fákr
- m. a sea-steed, i. e. a ship, Lex. poët.: in prose ironic., but misapplied in Fbr. 156; the word is only poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱ-ᚠᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.