Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP: vara vb....Engi mun varask við; Snorri ... ‘...No one will be on his guard; Snorri ...’
1020...framir, ok varisk svá við ... ‘...and so be on their guard against Snorri’s ...’
1020...er mangi varir; væri betr, ... ‘...no one expects; it would be far ...’
1200...þengill mun vara þess; lítt ... ‘...the ruler will be ready for that; I hardly ...’
1221...minst of varir; enginn ræðr ... ‘...least expects comes upon many a man; ...’
1255[1] varna: varaz 696XV
696XV Vit meinum uaraz þu skalt ꜳ̋ [...] | [...]siest fullrikur at fe margr uerdur [...] avmr saer fyrer arum | [...]d at trua
...er sízt varir; brigt ... ‘...when one least expects them; humans’ life ...’
1258...vegu ok varaz við villu; ... ‘...directions and beware of falsehood; ...’
1258[3] trúa: trúa við vel at varaz 624
624 Bl | idum ordvm þo þik bragnar lofi þarftv eigi þeim at trua uid væl at varaz | opt sa fagurt mæler sem hann hefer flatt j hvga gott er at sia vit su | jkvm
...þeim er varaz grand. ‘...men who are wary of sin.’
1258...kann eigi varaz við víti; ... ‘...cannot guard against punishment; ...’
1258...vel, ok varaz við villu; ... ‘...well and beware of error; ...’
1258...svá skal varaz við vífin; ... ‘...thus one must guard against women; ...’
1258...sjálfan um varir. ‘...yourself expect. ’
?notes...er minst varir sjálfan. ‘...oneself least expects comes to pass. ’
?notesThis view shows some basic information about a dictionary headword, plus all the references to the word in the published editions.