Vár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "var"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Vár.

Proper noun

Vár f

1. a female given name, of Old Norse origin

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Vár: Várarson
• daughter of Vár: Várardóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Vár
accusative	Vár
dative	Vár
genitive	Várar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• Vǫ́r

Etymology

Related to várar f pl (“vows, contracts”). Perhaps from the feminine form Proto-Germanic *wēraz, *wērijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”).

Proper noun

Vár f (genitive Várar)

1. A female deity of the Norse pantheon associated with the making of oaths, pledges or agreements.
   • c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, trans. by Anthony Faulkes; London: Everyman 1995 (→ISBN), chapter 35.

     Níunda Vár, hon hlýðir á eiða manna ok einkamál, er veita sín á milli konur ok karlar. Því heita þau mál várar. Hon hefnir ok þeim, er brigða.

     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.

Declension

Declension of Vár (strong ō-stem, indefinite singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Vár, Vǫ́r
accusative	Vár, Vǫ́r
dative	Vár, Vǫ́r
genitive	Várar