Vá-ligr
Old Norse Dictionary - vá-ligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vá-ligr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vá-ligr can mean:vá-ligr
- vá-ligr
- adj. woful, awful, terrible; kona váliga, Am. 52; snák váligrar brákar, Fms. vi. 362: wicked, in the phrase, spyrja er bezt til váligra þegna, wicked men are best to hear of, not to see, i. e. the farther off the better, Njarð. 370.
- vá-ligr
- II. = [Dan. vælig = mighty], mighty; váligt virki, Fms. vii. (in a verse); válig mærðar-efni, mighty, grand subjects for one’s song. Ad.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅ-ᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)