Vers
Old Norse Dictionary - vers
Meaning of Old Norse word "vers"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vers can mean:vers
- vers
- n. [Lat. versus], a verse; ástráð Catonis, þat er hann réð syni sínum í versum, Skálda (Thorodd) 164; klausur eða vers, 174: of Latin composition, les fyrir oss þat er þú hefir diktað—Hann las þar af vers er hann hafði gört til Frú Abbadísar á Stað—Legg af héðan af versagörð, sagði erki-biskup, ok studera heldr í kirkjunnar lögum, Bs. i. 799, 800; kenna sönglist ok versgörð, 239; höfuð-staf þésins rit ek hvergi nema í vers-upphafi, Skálda 168. In mod. usage ‘vers’ is said of the ‘verses’ of hymns, but else ‘vísa’ or ‘erindi’ (eyrendi), Máriu-vers = Ave Maria, Bs. i. 352.
- vers
- COMPDS: versabók, versagraðall, versagörð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)