vörður

See also: vørður

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœrðʏr/

  Rhymes: -œrðʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *warduz.

Noun

vörður m (genitive singular varðar, nominative plural verðir)

1. guard

Declension

Declension of vörður (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vörður	vörðurinn	verðir	verðirnir
accusative	vörð	vörðinn	verði	verðina
dative	verði	verðinum	vörðum	vörðunum
genitive	varðar	varðarins	varða	varðanna

Derived terms

• fangavörður
• lífvörður
• markvörður

Etymology 2

See varða.

Noun

vörður f

1. indefinite nominative plural of varða

Further reading

• “vörður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)