Venja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - venja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "venja" in Norwegian.

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

venja: venja, f. Vane, hvad en er vant til ellerpleier at gjøre; þat var venja hans, athann lét skósvein sínn leiða sik útium daga Flat. II, 8510; höfðu nú venjuBirkibeina, ok létu (menn) sverja sértrúnaðareiða, at - Fm. VIII, 3238; Hrol-leifr hafði venju sína Vatsd. 22 (3514);Barl. 11035; Pamfil. 1356; at venju dvs.som sædvanlig: einu sinni var þat, atJosue dvaldi sólina mjök langa stund,svá at hón gékk eigi fram at venjuPr. 7831; Anal. 17713 (Pr. 5023); á vargavenju dvs. paa Ulves Vis, Hom. 3814;draga, taka e-t í venju dvs. gjøre signoget til Sædvane, Barl. 8617. 9314;gjörn er hönd á venju dvs. man er straxfærdig til at gjøre det, hvortil man en-gang er bleven vant, Grett. 174.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚿᛁᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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