ᚹᚨᚱᚢᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Unclear. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ᚹᚨᚱᚢᛉ (waruʀ) f

1. a group or enclosure of stones
   • c. 4th century, Tomstad stone (N KJ79)

     [ ]ᚨᚾ ᛬ ᚹᚨᚱᚢᛉ

     [ ]an : waruʀ

     /-an waruʀ/

     -ā’s grave monument.

Usage notes

• The exact sense of this word is unclear, but it is used in a burial context, and so it presumably refers to some landmark or monument of stone. Compare the sense of the Old Norse and Nynorsk descendants.

Descendants

• Old Norse: vǫr f (“boat berth, landing place”)
  • Icelandic: vör
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vorr