Definitions
Definitions
1 vígsla
u, f. a consecration, ordination; messu-djákn at vígslu, Nj. 272; kom erkibiskup heim frá vígslu, Fms. ix. 423; taka vígslu af biskupi, Bs. i, Grág. passim; kirkju-vígsla, consecration of a church; biskups-vígsla, prests-vígsla, ordination of a bishop, priest; hjóna-vígsla, a wedding; konungs-vígsla, a coronation; vatns-vígsla, Bs., passim: vígslu-dagr, the day of consecration; vígslu-faðir, an ordaining father (of a bishop), cp. ‘god-father,’ Bs.; vígslu-görð, a performance of ordination. Fms. x. 11; vígslu-maðr, a man in holy orders, viii. 269; vígslu-gjöf, id., Ann. 1356; leggja vígslu-hendr yfir e-n, to lay hands on, of a bishop, Bs. i. 850; vígslu-hrútr, the sacrificial ram, Stj.; vígslu-eiðr, the coronation-oath, Fms. viii. 155; vígslu-gull, a coronation-ring, x. 15; vígslu-kaup, a consecration-fee, K. Á. 76; vígslu-klæði, -skrúð, the coronation-robes, Fms. x. 16, viii. 193; vígslu-sverð, a coronation-sword, x. 15, 109; vígslu-taka, a receiving consecration, H. E. i. 255; vígslu-pallr, a degree of ordination, H. E., K. Á.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
vígsla
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "vígsla" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).