Ver-fákr

Old Norse Dictionary - ver-fákr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ver-fákr" in English.

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

ver-fákr: m. a sea-steed, i. e. a ship, Lex. poët.: in prose ironic., but misapplied in Fbr. 156; the word is only poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

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

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