Verndar-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - verndar-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "verndar-maðr" in English.

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

verndar-maðr
m. a protector, Bs. i. 699, Barl. 144, H. E. i. 500.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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