Vé

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vé

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vé" in Norwegian.

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

vé: vé, n. (jvf got. veihs, gsax. wih, ags. wig,wih, weoh, ght. wíh) 1) Hjem (jvf veAasen 909a); himinbjörg eru en áttu,en þar Heimdall kveða valda véumGrimn. 13; frá mínum véum ok vöng-um skolu þér æ köld ráð koma Lok.51; Viðarr ok Vali byggja vé goða,þá er sloknar Surta logi Vafþr. 51;alda vé Hm. 107; svá mikils virðu goðarvé sín ok griðastaði SE. I, 114 (jvfTalemaaden: útan heimfrið ok allagriðastaði). 2) Helligdom hvor derforegaar Offringer; Eyvindr hafði vegití véum (ved blótveizla), ok var hannvargr orðinn Eg. 49 (9928); Geirr hétmaðr ríkr ok ágætr í Sogni; hann varblótmaðr mikill; var hann af því kall-aðr Végeirr Sturl. I, 42.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽ
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:

got.: gotisk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.