Váða-verk
Old Norse Dictionary - váða-verk
Meaning of Old Norse word "váða-verk"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- váða-verk
- n. a law term, an accidental deed, of an unintentional harm inflicted, Ölk. 36; engi skolu váðaverk vera, Grág. ii. 64; a chapter on váðaverk, n. G. L. ii. 59.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚦᛅ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)