Verr

Old Norse Dictionary - verr

Meaning of Old Norse word "verr" in English.

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

verr Old Norse word can mean:

verr: 1. m. [Ulf. wair = ἀνήρ; A. S., Hel., and O. H. G. wer = a man; Lat. vir; the derivation from verja suggested in Edda 107 is fanciful]:—a man:

verr: 1. sing. a husband; Sifjar verr = Thor, Hým. 3, 15, Þkv. 24, Grett. (in a verse); þótt varðir fái sér vers, LS. 33; þar sitr Sigyn um sínum ver (dat.), Vsp. 39; vildi hón ver sínum vinna ofr-hefndir, Am. 72; hvern myndir þú kjósa þér at ver? Kormak; sof hjá ver þínum, id.; vön vers, Skv. 3. 9; leiða annarrar ver, 40; ganga með veri, to marry, Gkv. 2. 27; vörðr né verr, [nor] ward nor husband, 3. 3; verr spákonu, the husband of a wise woman, Kormak; lirla veri sínum, to sing lullaby for her husband, FmS. vi. 251 (in a verse); vör ok gröm at veri, jealousy for her husband, LS. 54; frum-ver, one’s wedded husband, Skv. 3. 59: in prose used in law phrases or sayings, svá er mörg við ver sinn vær at varla sér hón af honum nær, Skálda (Thórodd); til er hón kemr í vers hvílu, Grág. ii. 183; verr hennar, 89.

verr: 2. in plur. verar, men; þar er vágu verar, LS. 46; firðar ok fírar ok verar heita landvarnar-menn, Edda 107; sleit vargr vera, Vsp.; vápn-dauða vera, Gm. 8, Sdm. 33; þú ert æ vísastr vera, Vþm. 55; vera týr, the lord of men, i. e. Odin, Gm. 3; verr peim vera enginn, none of men can ward them off, Gsp.; megut þeim varða verar, id.

verr: 3. in compds; ver-bróðir, ver-faðir, ver-fang, ver-gjarn, ver-lauss, ver-liðar, ver-öld, ver-sæll, ver-úlfr, ver-þjóð, qq. v., of which only veröld is a prose word, all the rest being poetical and obsolete.

verr: 4. plur. verjar; skip-verjar, shipmen; suffixed to pr. names of people, mostly of counties or small tribes, Man-verjar, the Manx-men, FmS. vii. (in a verse); Hvin-verjar, Odda-verjar, Gaul-verjar, Dal-verjar, Skarð-verjar, Sturl., Landn.; Vík-verjar, the men of the county Wík in Norway: Róm-verjar, the Romans: in mod. usage, Spán-verjar, the Spanish; Þjóð-verjar, the Germans: this was a freq. usage in old Teut. names, in Lat. rendered by -varii; it remains in the Engl. Cant-er-bury (A. S. Cant-wara) = the burgh of the men of Kent.

verr: II. in the inflex. -eri or -ari, see Gramm. p. xxxii, col. i.

verr: III. in pr. names, Ver-mundr, Rand-verr.

verr: 2. compar. worse, and verst, superl. worst, answering to ílla; [Ulf. wairs; A. S. wyrs: Engl. worse; Scot. waur; Swed. värr]: líka verst við e-n, Landn. 287; þykki mér þat verst, Eb. 170; hann var einna verst til Gunnars, Nj. 38; þeir hafa verr (behave worse) er trygðum slitu, Mkv.; verr en ílla, worse than bad, i. e. exceedingly bad, Sturl. iii. 31; vánu verr, worse than expected, see ván.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

Hel.: Heliand.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

dat.: dative.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

sing.: singular.

v.: vide.

i. e.: id est.

plur.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

Engl.: English.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gl.: glossary.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

Teut.: Teutonic.

inflex.: inflexive.

compar.: comparative.

Scot.: Scottish.

superl.: superlative.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Þkv.: Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Gsp.: Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)

Sdm.: Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Mkv.: Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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