Varnan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - varnan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "varnan" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

varnan
varnan, f. at man vogter sig for, afholder sig fra noget; er þat varnanar vert, efmaðr deyr með úskornum nöglum, atsá maðr eykr mikit efni til skipsinsNaglfars SE. I, 188; er þat boðit tilvarnanar at kasta hein of golf þvertSE. I, 278.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚱᚿᛆᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.

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