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	{{short description\|Norse deity}}		{{short description\|Norse deity}}
	{{for\|the [[Romania]]n village of Var, called Vár in [[Hungarian language\|Hungarian]]\|Obreja}}		{{for\|the [[Romania]]n village of Var, called Vár in [[Hungarian language\|Hungarian]]\|Obreja}}
	In [[Norse mythology]], '''Vár~~''' or '''Vór~~''' ([[Old Norse]], meaning either "pledge"Orchard (1997:173). or "beloved"Byock (2005:178) and Simek (2007:353).) is a [[Áss\|goddess]] associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ''[[Prose Edda]]'', written in the 13th century by [[Snorri Sturluson]]; and [[kenning]]s found in [[skald]]ic poetry and a [[runic alphabet\|runic]] inscription. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess.		In [[Norse mythology]], '''Vár''' ([[Old Norse]], meaning either "pledge"Orchard (1997:173). or "beloved"Byock (2005:178) and Simek (2007:353).) is a [[Áss\|goddess]] associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ''[[Prose Edda]]'', written in the 13th century by [[Snorri Sturluson]]; and [[kenning]]s found in [[skald]]ic poetry and a [[runic alphabet\|runic]] inscription. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess.

	==Attestations==		==Attestations==