Verk-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - verk-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "verk-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- verk-maðr
- m. a workman, labourer, servant (= vinnumaðr), Fms. ii. 230, vii. 217, Ísl. ii. 329, Landn. 162, Nj. 55, Hkr. ii. 356, Edda 48; hón var verkmaðr mikill, a good worker, Lv. 74; verkmanna dyrr, the servants’ door, Fs. 72.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)