Verð-aurar
Old Norse Dictionary - verð-aurar
Meaning of Old Norse word "verð-aurar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- verð-aurar
- m. pl. a medium of payment; gjalda fénað verðaurum, N. G. l. ii. 127, D. N. i. 89; selja ok kaupa verðaurum, Sks. 468; leysa óðal með verðaurum, Gþl. 290; þeim þræli skal hann frelsi gefa er hann hefir fulla verðaura fyrir fundit, Grág. i. 358; taka verðaura af e-m, 272.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚦ-ᛅᚢᚱᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)