Vöru-virðr
Old Norse Dictionary - vöru-virðrMeaning of Old Norse word "vöru-virðr" (or vǫru-virðr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vöru-virðr (vǫru-virðr)
- part. = vörugildr; sex hundruð vöruvirðs fjár, Landn. (Ann.) 330; í vöruvirðum eyri, Vm. 7; þrettán hundruð vöruvirð, 71; tvau hundruð í hafna-váðum vöruvirðum, Dipl. iii. 6; í vöruvirðu gózi, v. 3; tvau hundruð í hafnar-váðum, tvau hundruð vöru eða vöruvirt, 7.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vöru-virðr may be more accurately written as vǫru-virðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚱᚢ-ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.