Varða

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

varða Old Icelandic word can mean:

varða

I)

varða

(að), v.

varða

1) to warrant, guarantee, answer for;

varða

~ fyrir e-n, to stand bail for one;

varða

ek vil, at Flosi einn varði við mik, my will is that F. alone shall be answerable (for the fines) to me;

varða

2) to bargain for (S. hefir áðr ~t viðinn fyrir þrjú hundruð einlit);

varða

3) to be of importance (ef þér þykkir ~ um mína vináttu);

varða

~ e-n, to concern one, be of importance to one (at segja þér þat, er þik ~r);

varða

~ miklu, litlu, engu, to matter much, little, naught;

varða

hann kvað þá engu þat ~, said it was no business of theirs;

varða

~r engu um vára aptrkomu, it does not matter whether we come back or not;

varða

4) to guard, watch, defend (~ land, alla vega);

varða

~ e-m e-t, to ward a thing off from a person withhold it from him;

varða

~ mér bátinn: to forbid me the boat, by force;

varða

~ e-m, with infin. to hinder, prevent (~r hann fé váru at komast yfir ána);

varða

5) to be liable to, punishable by (~r þat fjörbaugsgarð);

varða

hvat ~r, þótt vér reynim, what risk though we try?;

varða

~ e-m e-t, to entail as a penalty upon one (spurði, hvat konu ~ði, ef hón væri í brókum jafnan svá sem karlar);

varða

~ við lög, to be punishable by law (þat ætla ek við lög ~ at vinna á Mikjálsdegi);

varða

ok lét ~ þriggja marka útlegð, he asked for a fine of three marks;

varða

6) to belong to (sú jörð er klaustrinu ~ði).

varða

II)

varða

f. pile of stones, cairn (hlaða, reisa vörðu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᚦᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary