Vegna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vegna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vegna" in Norwegian.

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

vegna
vegna, v. (að) 1) vegna e-m vel, ílla dvs.gaa vel, ilde for en: H. kom heim oksagði móður sínni, at þeim hefði íllavegnat, er í mót vóru Vatsd. 19 (3320);vera má, segir hann, at þér vegni eigiannat betr Gunl. 10 (24614); vel hefirnú vegnat, segir hann Nj. 24 (387);kvóðu þess ván, at honum mundi í þvíaukast mestr sœmdarhlutr, en hitt all-ósýnt, hversu vegnar at slá í deilurum Sturl. I, 8331. 2) ? ei má konasvá vegna bónda sínum sem bóndikonu sínni til skilnaðar fyrir hórdómHE. I, 247.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚵᚿᛆ
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:

nl.
nemlig.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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