Vagar

Old Norse Dictionary - vagar

Meaning of Old Norse word "vagar" in English.

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

vagar Old Norse word can mean:

vagar
or vagir, f. pl. (from vög, f.), also vögur, pl. (from vaga, u, f.); pl. vegr, Fms. viii. 430: [vega; cp. vagn]:—a kind of bier or hand-barrow, the sing. being never used; tóku þau líkit ok lögðu í vagarnar, ok óku …, Nj. 153; Björn var úti á túnvelli ok smíðaði vögur (v. l. vagr, i. e. vagar), Eb. 90 new Ed.; tóku þeir hest ok lögðu á vögur, Bs. i. 335 (here the vagar seem to have been carried on horseback, as coffins are at the present day in Icel.)
vagar
2. a level; þeir höfðu til vegr ok vágu fram af berginu, Fms. viii. 430; vagir (vagir?) eða slöngur, i. 127.
vagar
COMPDS: vagaborur, vagadrumbr, vagaskalm.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
pl.
plural.
sing.
singular.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Björn
Biörn Halldórsson.
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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