Váfuðr

Old Norse Dictionary - váfuðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "váfuðr" in English.

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

váfuðr
m. the waverer, one of the names of Odin, Gm., Edda; örváfaðr, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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