Varða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - varða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "varða" in English.

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

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
n.
neuter.
f.
feminine.

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