Vakta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vakta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vakta" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

vakta: vakta, v. (að) vogte, agte, passe, = varð-veita; bauð guð oss at vakta þenna stað Flat. I, 3428; vaki hann ok vaktisik vel, at hann veiti þat góðs viðr-kvæmiliga, sem guð gaf honum Stj.15124; at hann megi þeim líka, er hannþjónar, en vaktar bæði hræzlu ok bar-daga sér at afla Heilag. I, 641; hannvaktaði nauðsynjar allra sér undirgef-inna Heilag. II, 8038; stoðar þat harðlalítit, nema sjalfr leggi niðr ónenningarlæti, en vakti sik á allskonar iðn and-liga með heilagri hugsan ok iðuligribœn Heilag. I, 50415; virðist mér þatskylt at vakta yðr allan erfiðis ávöxtmínnar þjónkanar Heilag. II, 5096; þávar sagt, at vér þyrftim at vakta ossfyrir fílum Alex. 17110; vakta e-t inndvs. indtage noget i Forvaring, Clar. 1331;vakta sína íllsku dvs. vedblive med sinOndskab, Klm. 6031; vakta e-m mat,dagligan kost dvs. se til at en faar Mado. s. v. Fld. III, 210; Clar. 2423.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚴᛏᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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