verðungnafnorðkvenkynf. [from verð = pretium], a king’s body-guard, ‘king’s men,’ a body in the king’s pay, = hirð, q. v.; the word is only used in poets, Edda (Gl.), Hkv. 1. 9, Helr, 11, Skv. 3. 41, Hallfred, Sighvat, passim, see Lex. Poët.