Land-vörðr

Old Norse Dictionary - land-vörðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-vörðr" (or land-vǫrðr) in English.

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

land-vörðr (land-vǫrðr): m. a land-warder, poët. a king, Lex. poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, land-vörðr may be more accurately written as land-vǫrðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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