Verðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - verðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "verðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
verðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- verðr
- I)
- verðr
- (gen. verðar), m. meal (fá árliga verðar); cf. dag~, nátt~.
- verðr
- II)
- verðr
- a.
- verðr
- 1) worth, with gen. (meira þykki mér verð vinátta þin); svá þótti honum mikils um vert, he took it so much to heart; mikils ~, much worth;
- verðr
- 2) worthy, deserving; v. e-s, worthy of (þótti þér hann ekki drápunnar ~?).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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