Varnarmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - varnarmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "varnarmaðr" in Norwegian.

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

varnarmaðr: varnarmaðr, m. 1) Person, Mand der op- træder som Forsvarer af noget; bjóðumstvér nú til at gerast varnarmenn ríkisþessa Flat. II, 12113; vil ek at Einarr- sé varnarmaðr fyrir öllum hlutumstaðarins Flat. III, 44528; formenninirlétta þó eigi af at gefa þess háttarmönnum hirtingar, ok gera þá optvarnarmenn réttlætis er áðr ero mót-stöðumenn sanninda Post. 330. 2) Per- son der optræder til Forsvar i en Sag (jvf varnaraðili); ef hefi þá jörð selda,ok em ek eigi varnarmaðr át at verjaþá jörð, þat er þó óðal mítt Gul. 2672.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚱᚿᛆᚱᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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