Varar-feldr

Old Norse Dictionary - varar-feldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "varar-feldr" in English.

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

varar-feldr: m. [in this and the following compds varar may be derived either from vara or better from vör (q. v.), denoting goods as they were sold in harbour]:—cloaks marketable in the trade, Grág. i. 500; hafskip kom af Íslandi, þat var hlaðit af vararfeldum, Hkr. i. 176, Nj. 7, Korm. 158.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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