Varnaðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - varnaðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "varnaðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
varnaðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- varnaðr
- (gen. -ar), m.
- varnaðr
- 1) protection, keeping (hafði hann tekit mál þeira á. sinn varnað);
- varnaðr
- 2) warning, caution; láta sér annars víti at varnaði verða, to be warned by another’s woe; bjóða, setja e-m varnað ð e-u, to bid one beware of a thing; margir hlutir vóru þar til varnaðar mæltir, were forbidden;
- varnaðr
- 3) wares, goods (Egill lét upp setja skip sín ok fœra varnað til staðar);
- varnaðr
- 4) household people.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚱᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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