vǫrðr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *warduz, alternative form of *wardaz (“guard”), whence the variant varðr. Related to varr (“aware, wary”).
Noun
editvǫrðr m (genitive varðar, plural verðir)
Declension
edit Declension of vǫrðr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: vörður
- Faroese: vørður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vord
- Norwegian Bokmål: vord
- Old Swedish: varþer
- → Scots: warth
References
edit- vörðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- vård in SAOB, at SAOB