Veð-setja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Veð-setja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 veð-setja

setti, [Scot. wadset], to pawn, mortgage, Fas. i. 317, Stj. 601; veðsetja jarðir sínar, Fms. xi. 293, Eg. 77; v. sik í þetta mál, to pledge oneself to this case, Fms. iv. 77; v. sik ok fé sitt, to hazard, stake, Ld. 42, Fms. vii. 34; eigi vil ek v. virðing mína við íllgirni þína, Eb. 160.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᛏ-ᛋᛁᛏᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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