"vǫrðr" meaning in Old Norse

See vǫrðr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *warduz, alternative form of *wardaz (“guard”), whence the variant varðr. Related to varr (“aware, wary”). Etymology templates: {{root|non|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*warduz}} Proto-Germanic *warduz Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} vǫrðr m, {{non-noun|m|varðar|verðir}} vǫrðr m (genitive varðar, plural verðir) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-u|varð|verð|vǫrð}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=vǫrðuna|api=vǫrðu|asd=vǫrðinn|asi=vǫrð|dpd=vǫrðunum|dpi=vǫrðum|dsd=verðinum|dsi=verði|g=masculine|gpd=varðanna|gpi=varða|gsd=varðarins|gsi=varðar|notes=|npd=verðirnir|npi=verðir|nsd=vǫrðrinn|nsi=vǫrðr|stem=strong u-stem|title=vǫrðr}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|verðir|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|verðirnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrð|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðu|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðuna|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|verði|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|verðinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vǫrðunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|varðar|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|varðarins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|varða|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|varðanna|gpd}} Forms: varðar [genitive], verðir [plural], strong [table-tags], vǫrðr [indefinite, nominative, singular], vǫrðrinn [definite, nominative, singular], verðir [indefinite, nominative, plural], verðirnir [definite, nominative, plural], vǫrð [accusative, indefinite, singular], vǫrðinn [accusative, definite, singular], vǫrðu [accusative, indefinite, plural], vǫrðuna [accusative, definite, plural], verði [dative, indefinite, singular], verðinum [dative, definite, singular], vǫrðum [dative, indefinite, plural], vǫrðunum [dative, definite, plural], varðar [genitive, indefinite, singular], varðarins [definite, genitive, singular], varða [genitive, indefinite, plural], varðanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. ward, warder Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vǫrðr-non-noun-1-DDPun0 Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. guard, watch Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vǫrðr-non-noun-CWB2zC7w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: láðvǫrðr

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "láðvǫrðr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "vörður"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: vörður",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: vörður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "vørður"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: vørður",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: vørður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "vord"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: vord",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: vord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "vord"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: vord",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: vord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "varþer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: varþer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: varþer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "vard",
            "3": "vård"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: vard, vård",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: vard, vård"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "warth",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: warth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: warth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "id": "heed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warduz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warduz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *warduz, alternative form of *wardaz (“guard”), whence the variant varðr. Related to varr (“aware, wary”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "varðar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-u",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðarins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vǫrðr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "varðar",
        "3": "verðir"
      },
      "expansion": "vǫrðr m (genitive varðar, plural verðir)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varð",
        "2": "verð",
        "3": "vǫrð"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "vǫrðuna",
        "api": "vǫrðu",
        "asd": "vǫrðinn",
        "asi": "vǫrð",
        "dpd": "vǫrðunum",
        "dpi": "vǫrðum",
        "dsd": "verðinum",
        "dsi": "verði",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "varðanna",
        "gpi": "varða",
        "gsd": "varðarins",
        "gsi": "varðar",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "verðirnir",
        "npi": "verðir",
        "nsd": "vǫrðrinn",
        "nsi": "vǫrðr",
        "stem": "strong u-stem",
        "title": "vǫrðr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrð",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðu",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðuna",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verði",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðar",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðarins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varða",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ward, warder"
      ],
      "id": "en-vǫrðr-non-noun-1-DDPun0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ward",
          "ward"
        ],
        [
          "warder",
          "warder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "watchman of the gods (Heimdall)",
          "text": "vǫrðr goða",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guard, watch"
      ],
      "id": "en-vǫrðr-non-noun-CWB2zC7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vǫrðr"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (heed)",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse u-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "láðvǫrðr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "vörður"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: vörður",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: vörður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "vørður"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: vørður",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: vørður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "vord"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: vord",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: vord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "vord"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: vord",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: vord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "varþer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: varþer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: varþer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "vard",
            "3": "vård"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: vard, vård",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: vard, vård"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "warth",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: warth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: warth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "id": "heed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warduz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warduz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *warduz, alternative form of *wardaz (“guard”), whence the variant varðr. Related to varr (“aware, wary”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "varðar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-u",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verðinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vǫrðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðarins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vǫrðr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "varðar",
        "3": "verðir"
      },
      "expansion": "vǫrðr m (genitive varðar, plural verðir)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varð",
        "2": "verð",
        "3": "vǫrð"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "vǫrðuna",
        "api": "vǫrðu",
        "asd": "vǫrðinn",
        "asi": "vǫrð",
        "dpd": "vǫrðunum",
        "dpi": "vǫrðum",
        "dsd": "verðinum",
        "dsi": "verði",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "varðanna",
        "gpi": "varða",
        "gsd": "varðarins",
        "gsi": "varðar",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "verðirnir",
        "npi": "verðir",
        "nsd": "vǫrðrinn",
        "nsi": "vǫrðr",
        "stem": "strong u-stem",
        "title": "vǫrðr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrð",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðu",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðuna",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verði",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verðinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vǫrðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðar",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðarins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varða",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "varðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ward, warder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ward",
          "ward"
        ],
        [
          "warder",
          "warder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "watchman of the gods (Heimdall)",
          "text": "vǫrðr goða",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guard, watch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vǫrðr"
}

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