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2 and-vari
a, m.I. a fish of prey, gurnard, Lat. miluus, Edda (Gl.); the name of the gurnard-shaped dwarf, Edda 72; the owner of a fatal ring, hence called andvara-nautr: cp. Skv. 1. 2, Andvari ek heiti … margan hefi ek fors um farit;—ótti svá mikill ok andvari, Hom. (St.); cp. Pass., andvara öngan hefir umhyggju-lítill sést.II. in mod. usage, a soft breeze, and metaph. watchfulness, vigilance, in such phrases as, hafa andvara á sér, Pass. 15. 6: andvara-lauss, adj. heedless; andvara-leysi, f. mostly in a theol. sense, etc.COMPD: andvaragestr. -
3 var-hygð
and var-ygð, f. wariness, watchfulness, Jb. 407; gæta e-s með varhygð, Fms. ix. 279, v. l.; heldr hugleysi enn varhygd, ii. 68 (v. l. varygð); sögðu at varygð gengi til, viii. 409; gjalda varygð við e-u, vi. 42; til varygðar, Fbr. 101. varhygðar-samr, adj. wary, cautious. -
4 varhygð
f. wariness, watchfulness.
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