Vébönd

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vébönd

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vébönd" (or vébǫnd) in Norwegian.

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

vébönd (vébǫnd): vébönd, n. pl. Baand som brugtes til der- med at indhegne det fredhellige Sted hvorDommeren havde sit Sæde, Retten hold-tes; þar er dómrinn var settr, varvöllr sléttr ok settar niðr heslistengrí völlin í hring, ok lögð um útansnœri umhverfis, váru þat kölluð vé-bönd Eg. 57 (12328) jvf Hák. 3; Landsl.1, 3; en afsagt Dom siges oftere at væresamtykt af hele Lagretten, alle Lagrettes-mænd innan vébanda ok útan (jvf innanlögréttu ok útan Hák. 5; Byl. 1, 4).Dn. I, 1030. II, 285. 662.

Part of speech: n pl

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, vébönd may be more accurately written as vébǫnd.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛒᚯᚿᚦ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

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