Veikleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - veikleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "veikleikr" in Norwegian.

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

veikleikr: veikleikr, m. 1) Eftergivenhed, Skrøbelig- hed, Svaghed til at staa imod; Sigurðrjarl var hin mesta gildra ok snara,tjón ok tapan Hákonar konungs meðkúgan annarra höfðingja ok sjalfs hansveikleika Flat. I, 32415; hér hjá framkostar úvinrinn á með allri list oklymsku, at maðrinn virði sem minnstþat, er hann gerir ílla, várkynnir sérveikleikinn ok syndina, en vanrœki yfir-bótina Heilag. I, 68329. 2) Svaghed i Alm.; sem andskotinn sá sínn veik-leik móti staðfastum vilja þess hinsunga manns Barl. 19628.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛁᚴᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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