In Norse mythology, a vǫrðr (Old Norse: [ˈwɔrðz̠], pl. varðir [ˈwɑrðez̠] or verðir [ˈwerðez̠] — "warden," "watcher" or "caretaker") is a warden spirit... 3 KB (408 words) - 16:00, 2 January 2024 |
 | Swedish Icelandic Transcription IPA Transcription IPA Guardian / Caretaker vǫrðr varþer vård [voːɖ] vörður [ˈvœrðʏr] Eagle ǫrn ørn örn [œːɳ] örn [œrtn] Earth... 112 KB (8,802 words) - 17:08, 2 April 2024 |
Daemon Dís Familiar spirit Fetch (folklore) Luonto Norns Totem Valkyrie Vörðr Cf. the example of the vixen representing a wizard in the Hávarðar saga... 21 KB (2,103 words) - 16:42, 26 April 2024 |
 | Assur who is said to have protected the land from Vikings (Saʀ vaʀ vikinga vorðr með Gæiti). There is little indication of any negative connotation in the... 216 KB (22,868 words) - 19:01, 27 March 2024 |
 | nisse includes gårdbo ("(farm)yard-dweller"), gardvord ("yard-warden", see vörðr) in all Scandinavian languages, and god bonde ("good farmer"), gårdsrå ("yard-spirit")... 37 KB (3,794 words) - 03:00, 14 April 2024 |
 | Ok varð hinn, er Alfr of vá vörðr véstalls, of veginn liggja, er dölingr dreyrgan mæki öfundgjarn á Yngva rauð. Var-a þat bært at Bera skyldi valsœfendr... 6 KB (576 words) - 00:59, 19 March 2024 |
 | -vǫrðr instead of -varðr is only found in the name Sigurd, with other personal names instead using the form -varðr; he suggests that the form -vǫrðr may... 73 KB (10,091 words) - 13:08, 1 April 2024 |
Cleasby and Vigfússon, Tolley, Strömbäck and Price have derived it from vǫrðr ("guard, protector"). Several scholars have also compared it to the Scotting... 85 KB (11,068 words) - 18:24, 29 April 2024 |
contemporary form of Halvard (Hallvard). From Old Norse hallr (“flat stone”) and vorðr (“guardian”). Halvor Birch (born 1885), Danish gymnast Halvor Birkeland... 3 KB (279 words) - 18:53, 19 June 2023 |
Fari* til Fýrisvallar, folka tungls, hverrs hungrar, vǫrðr, at virkis garði vestr kveldriðu hesta. Þar hefr hreggdrauga hǫggvit –hóll*aust es þat—sólar... 4 KB (293 words) - 23:32, 14 February 2024 |
 | first element herr is from PGmc *harjaz ("host"), and the second element vǫrðr is from PN *varðuʀ ("watchman", "guard"). One of the twelve berserker sons... 101 KB (2,454 words) - 01:00, 27 December 2023 |
 | one for each stanza: Fari* til Fýrisvallar, folka tungls, hverrs hungrar, vǫrðr, at virkis garði vestr kveldriðu hesta. Þar hefr hreggdrauga hǫggvit — hóll*aust... 16 KB (2,094 words) - 20:23, 26 April 2024 |
× iarls iarls. × saʀ Saʀ × uaʀ vaʀ × uikika vikinga × uaurþr vorðr × miþ með × kaeti Gæiti(?). × kuþ Guð × ialbi hialpi × ans hans... 8 KB (1,125 words) - 22:00, 6 March 2024 |
when hostile ships approached. A man who guarded the strait was called a vörðr, which gave the bay and various locations surrounding it their names. A... 8 KB (698 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2021 |