Vé-fengja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vé-fengja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vé-fengja

d, to deliver a véfang, q. v.; ef þær sakir eru nökkurar er þeir verða eigi ásáttir á dóm sinn, ok skolu þeir þá véfengja, … segi ek þat Guði, at ek mun þat v. er ek hygg lög vera, … nema þar (viz. in the quarter-court) verði enn véfengit (a remnant of a strong inflexion), þá skal lúkask í fimtar-dómi, Grág. ii. 324; þeir eigu at væfengja er þrír eru hvárir-tveggju, ok fara svá at véfangi sem at fjórðungs-dómi, 274; véfengja mál, þeir munu ætla at v. brennu-málit ok láta eigi dæma mega, Nj. 240, cp. 150.

2 vé-fengja

2. in mod. usage to impugn, doubt a statement; viltú v. það sem eg segi? eg vil ekki v. það; or also, eg véfengi þig ekki, I impugn not thy veracity.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁ-ᚠᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
lit
literally.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
p.
page.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.
viz
videlicet.
viz.
videlicet.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)

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