Virðr

Old Norse Dictionary - virðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "virðr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

virðr
m. = verðr (q. v.), a meal; in the allit. law phrase, at verði eðr at virði, neither at meal nor mess, Grág. ii. 92, cp. Hm.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
cp.
compare.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
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