Virtr
Old Norse Dictionary - virtr
Meaning of Old Norse word "virtr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- virtr
- n. [A. S. wyrt; Engl. wort; Ivar Aasen vyrt or vurt; Swed. vört]:—the sweet-wort, new beer, not yet fully fermented; virtr ok vín (ale and wine) is an allit. phrase; á víni ok virtri, Sdm. 8; and so in the Faroe lays, virtur og so vin, A.A. 322.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)