And-vari
Old Norse Dictionary - and-variMeaning of Old Norse word "and-vari" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
and-vari Old Norse word can mean:
- and-vari
- a, m.
- and-vari
- I. a fish of prey, gurnard, Lat. miluus, Edda (Gl.); the name of the gurnard-shaped dwarf, Edda 72; the owner of a fatal ring, hence called andvara-nautr: cp. Skv. 1. 2, Andvari ek heiti … margan hefi ek fors um farit;—ótti svá mikill ok andvari, Hom. (St.); cp. Pass., andvara öngan hefir umhyggju-lítill sést.
- and-vari
- II. in mod. usage, a soft breeze, and metaph. watchfulness, vigilance, in such phrases as, hafa andvara á sér, Pass. 15. 6: andvara-lauss, adj. heedless; andvara-leysi, f. mostly in a theol. sense, etc.
- and-vari
- COMPD: andvaragestr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏ-ᚢᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
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