Vára
Old Norse Dictionary - váraMeaning of Old Norse word "vára" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vára Old Norse word can mean:
- vára
- að, (óra, Orkn. in a verse), to become spring: impers., þá er váraði, Fms. i. 22, Nj. 11; en er várar, Ld. 176; er vára tók, Eg. 156; váraði svá seint at jörð var lítt ígróðra at fardögum, Bs. i. 172; þér berit aptr er órar orð þau, Orkn. l. c., and passim.
- vára
- 2. reflex., Nj. 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pers.
- person.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)