Veslingr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - veslingr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "veslingr" in Norwegian.

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

veslingr: veslingr, m. 1) Person som der er lidet ved, som lidet har eller lidet formaar,Stakkel; honum þótti konungs mennveslingar ok lítilmagnar, ok væri þeirúverðugir at fylgja svá ágætum kon-ungi Flat. I, 39714 jvf Fm. VII, 32; þater þér engi frami at drepa hann, vesl-inginn, slíkr ofrgarpr sem þú þykkistvera Grett. 15631. 2) som er i en beklagelig Stilling; þar vóru komnirsveinar tveir, veslingar, kalnir ok mátt-dregnir mjök, svá at komnir eru atbana Flat. I, 13130; Flor. 22 (6012);guðs veslingr = guðs aumingi Mar.16113. 3) af slet Tænkemaade; Gestrhafði it mesta kvánríki, þvíat hón varmannæli mikit ok veslingr Finb. 516(c. 3); hvat hefi ek slíkt heyrt at takaá sér mútu sem pútur ok fé sem vesl-ingar Flat. II, 19711.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛋᛚᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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