vari

I)

m. wariness, precaution; betri er hinn fyrri varinn, fore-thought is better than after-thought; til vara, by way of precaution.

II)

m. the watery substance of the blood (vatn, er menn kalla vara).

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a, m. wariness, caution, Fas. iii. 268; bjóða e-m vara á e-u, to bid one beware of, Grett. 148 A; betri er fyrri varinn, fore-thought is better than after-thought, Fs. 65 (see the foot-note).

II. til vara …, Bs. i. 735; til vonar og vara, and til vara (as adv.), for sake of precaution, in case that …; and-vari, q. v.

2. as prefixed to compds, vara- is = Engl. vice-; vara-skeifa, vara-forseti, vara-frumvarp, etc. (mod.)