ᚹᚨᚱᚢᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

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Noun

ᚹᚨᚱᚢᛉ (waruʀ) f

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

References

  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ79 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2025.
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