Velta

Significato della parola Old Norse "velta"

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

La parola Old Norse velta può significare:velta

velta

1. t, a causal to the preceding; in Runic inscriptions it is spelt ‘elta’ or ‘ailta,’ Rafn 188, 194 (see rati); [Ulf. valtjan = κυλίνδειν; A. S. wæltan; Germ. wälzen; Dan. vælte; see valtr]:—to roll, set rolling, a stone or the like, with dat.; velta búkum frá fótum jarli, Fb. i. 495; velta grjóti, GS. 12; velta torfi, Grág. ii. 266; v. steini, n. G. L. ii. 122; steininum hafði velt verið af gröfinni, Luke xxiv. 2; þeir veltu honum, Eb. 115 new Ed.: impers., því næst velti (því), then she capsized, FmS. ix. 320.

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II. reflex. to turn oneself, rotate; sól veltisk um átta ættir, SkS.; hann veltisk inn yfir þresköldinn, Fb. ii. 382; hestrinn veltisk um tólf sinnum, the horse rolled itself over, Hrafn. 6; sumir hestar höfðu velzt, Grett. 29 new Ed.

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2. the phrase, veltask ór konungdómi, jarldómi, to roll oneself from kingdom to earldom, to descend from a higher to a lower estate, e. g. from king to earl, or from earl to thane, FmS. i. 195, Eg. 7; Hallaðr, sá veltisk ór jarldómi í Orkneyjum, Landn. 260; veltisk hann þá ór jarldómi ok tók hölds rétt, Hkr. i. 104; the phrase is borrowed from the symbolic act, for which see Har. S. Hárf. ch. 8.

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2. u, f. the state of being valtr.

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2. in the phrase, hafa mikið í veltunni, to have much in circulation, rolling, of money.

Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚢᛁᛚᛏᛅ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero

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