Vesöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vesöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vesöld" (or vesǫld) in Norwegian.

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

vesöld (vesǫld): vesöld, f. (G. -aldar) Stilling, Vilkaar hvoriman lider ondt eller er vesall; hugðisthann víst at hann skyldi firirkoma því,at engi maðr nyti þess fagnaðar, erhann hafði sik vesalliga frá skilt, okaukaði í því sína vesöld, er hann vildifirirkoma mannsins fagnaði ok eggjahann í móti guði at gera Barl. 2332;öngum manni þótti aumligt um vesöldhans nema kristnum mönnum, er þarlágu bundnir með honum, þeir hörm-uðu ok grétu hans mein Flat. II, 38419;allt mannkynit hafði voltit ok fallit ífullkomna vesöld ok eymd Stj. 5036;Þorgils þessi hefir verit í vesöld okánauð Flóam. 25 (14916); í slíkum stormiskaltu vera, ok þó lengi í válki veraok kveljast í vesöld ok háska, nemaþú gerist mínn maðr Frs. 17217; hafaerfiði ok vesöld Stj. 458; nú kœmrþér í hug æfi þín hin fyrri, ok skam-ask þú nú válaðs þíns ok vesaldar, ernú er yfir þik komin Post. 13528; hvater örvænt um þann sem alls gengr and-vana nema víls ok vesaldar Flat. I,21115; er oss mikit undir, at heldrættim vér fögnoð fyr höndum en ves-öld eftir heim þenna Homil. 8823.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛋᚯᛚᚦ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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