Au-virð
Old Norse Dictionary - au-virðMeaning of Old Norse word "au-virð" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
au-virð Old Norse word can mean:
- au-virð
- and auvirði, mod. auðvirði, n. [af, off, and verð, value; the change of letter caused by the following v; a purely Icel. form, the Norse being ‘afv-;’ the mod. Icel. form is auð-v., as if it were to be derived from auð- and verð]:
- au-virð
- 1. a worthless wretch, a laggard, bungler; sel þú upp, auvirðit, knálegar bytturnar, Bungler! hand thou up stoutly the buckets, Fbr. 131; hygg ek at eingi maðr eigi jafnmikil a. at frændum sem ek, Hrafn. II; verða at a., Bret. 163, Sturl. i. 73.
- au-virð
- 2. a law term, damage, anything impairing the value of a thing; hann ábyrgist við þeim auvirðum er þat fær af því skaða, Grág. i. 431.
- au-virð
- COMPDS: auvirðsmaðr, auvirðsskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢ-ᚢᛁᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
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