Vörð
Old Norse Dictionary - vörðMeaning of Old Norse word "vörð" (or vǫrð) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vörð (vǫrð)
- f., pl. varðir and verðr, [Engl. ward], prop. a woman under tutelage, a wife; only in the allit. phrase, vörðr and verr, wife and husband, a wedded pair; eigut þær varðir vera, these women have no husbands, Gsp.; mik veiztu verða (i. e. varða, gen. pl.) ver-gjarnasta, Þkv, 13; þótt varðir vers (wedded women) fái sér hós eða hvars, LS. 33; at ek þatki vannk er vörð (vörðr Ed.) né ver vinna knátti, I had no intercourse of wife and husband with him, i. e. no hjúskapar-far, Gkv. 3. 3; þá er Var ok Syn verðr (acc. pl.) at nefna, then are V. and S. the fairies to be named, Edda (gl.)
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vörð may be more accurately written as vǫrð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Gsp.
- Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
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