Vera
Old Norse Dictionary - vera
Meaning of Old Norse word "vera"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vera can mean:vera
- vera
- u, f.
- vera
- 1. = væra, a shelter; at þeir hefði né eina veru (comfort) af eldinum, Eb. 100 new Ed. (v. l. 9): a mansion, í míns föðurs húsi eru margar verur, John xiv. 2: in the allit. phrases, eigi vist né veru, Fb. iii. 457; hvárki vist né veru, Grett. 142 new Ed.; vist né væri, Fb. iii. 52; ef hann á sér í vá veru, Hm. 25.
- vera
- 2. [vera = to be], a dwelling; seg mér í hverjum staðum þín vera er, Barl. 79; skaut í hug honum vesöld sinnar veru, 196.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)