1 VEL
adv. (compar. betr, superl. bezt, see betr, p. 6l), in some, esp. Norse, vellums spelt val, Stj.; val stilltr, Bs. i. 90; lifa val, 91; jamval, 92; lærðr val, 94, etc.; val búin, Fms. ii. 187: [Ulf. waila = καλως; A. S. wel, etc.]:—well; eygðr vel, Nj. 39; hærðr vel, id.; stilltr vel, 30; vel stilltr, vel auðigr, hár vel litt, vel vígr, 38; hringr góðr ok vel görr, 225; vel smíðaðr, Orkn. 310; vel í vexti, well-grown, well-shapen, Eg. 305; hár mikit ok fór vel, Nj.; vel at sér, fine, Korm. 142 (see ‘at,’ C. IV. 5, p. 27, col. 2); vel borinn, well-born, of good family, Fms. xi. 80; harðla vel, well indeed, Finnb. 270; vera vel til e-s, to be kind to, Nj. 73; verða vel ásáttir, Grág. (Kb.) i. 83; þakka e-t vel, to give good thanks, thank very much, Ísl. ii. 231; heilsaði hann honum vel, to greet well, Eg. 408; þótt hans væri eigi vel leitað, Fms. v. 252; líka vel, to like well, Eg. 7; hversu vel mér sýnisk þeirra athæfi, how well I like it, Fms. x. 296; mér gefr vel at skilja, I understand quite well, i. 141; taka vel við e-m, to receive well, xi. 11; gör svá vel, ‘do so well,’ please to do; görðu svá vel, at þú halt sætt þessa, Nj. 111; görit nú svá vel, þiggit mitt heilræði, Fms. vii. 157; görit svá vel, látið oss eigi …, Al. 106, 120; þá er vel, ef …, it is well done, if …, N. G. L. i. 18.
2 VEL
II. intensive; vel flestir, the most part, Bs. i. 685; vita vel mart, very many things, Hom. 53: with a notion of overdone, vel mikill, Eg.; vel full-mikill, rather great, Hým. 16; hundrað manna eða vel svá, a hundred, or full that, Eg. 319; í mánaði eru vikur vel svá fjórar, Rb. 6; vel tuttugu menn, twenty and upwards, Ld. 320; vel tvau hundruð skipa, vel þrjú hundruð, Fms. vii. 151, ix. 313; vel tuttugu vættir, Dipl. v. 18.
3 VEL
2. rather; handöx vel mikil, rather big, Eg. 769; hafr einn vel góðr, Hkr. i. 192; vel vegnar fimm merkr, largely measured, Fms. vii. 146.
4 VEL
III. as interjection, já, já, vel, vel! Bs. i. 421; vel ek! well I! Vkv. 27.