Verðugr
Old Norse Dictionary - verðugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "verðugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word verðugr can mean:verðugr
- verðugr
- adj. worthy, with gen., K. Á. 49.
- verðugr
- 2. deserved; sem verðugt var, Bs. i, Fms. ix. 435, passim; mostly used in later writings, never in old poems, ‘verðr’ being the old word. In Hdl. 2 read ‘verðungu’ for ‘verðugr.’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)