Vár
See also: Appendix:Variations of "var"
Faroese
editEtymology
editProper noun
editVár f
- a female given name, of Old Norse origin
Usage notes
editMatronymics
- son of Vár: Várarson
- daughter of Vár: Várardóttir
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Vár |
Accusative | Vár |
Dative | Vár |
Genitive | Várar |
Old Norse
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, *wērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”).
Proper noun
editVár f
- The name of a female deity of the Norse pantheon which was associated with the making of oaths, pledges or agreements.
- Snorri Sturluson: Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, trans. and ed. by Anthony Faulkes; London: Everyman 1995 (→ISBN), chapter 35.
- "Var: she listens to people's oaths and private agreements that women and men make between each other. Thus these contracts are called varar. She also punishes those who break them."
- Snorri Sturluson: Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, trans. and ed. by Anthony Faulkes; London: Everyman 1995 (→ISBN), chapter 35.
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns