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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse Vár.
Proper noun
Vár f
- a female given name, of Old Norse origin
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Vár: Várarson
- daughter of Vár: Várardóttir
Declension
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Old Norse
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, *wērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”).
Proper noun
Vár f
- The name of a female deity of the Norse pantheon which was associated with the making of oaths, pledges or agreements.
- Snorri Sturluson: Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, trans. and ed. by Anthony Faulkes; London: Everyman 1995 (→ISBN), chapter 35.
- "Var: she listens to people's oaths and private agreements that women and men make between each other. Thus these contracts are called varar. She also punishes those who break them."