Ván
Old Norse Dictionary - ván
Meaning of Old Norse word "ván"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ván can mean:ván
- ván
- (vón, von), f., old nom. v́n with umlaut, Skálda (Thorodd); old dat. vánu, with compar., see below; ónu, LS. 36; tungan er málinu vn en at tönnunum er bitsins v́n, Thorodd: vón, spónum make a rhyme, Gísl.; ón, Am. 67, Hom. 60: dat. ónu, LS. 36: [Ulf. wêns = ἐλπίς; A. S. wên, cp. Engl. ween; Germ. wahn; the Dan. haab, Swed. hopp are mod. and borrowed from the Germ.]:—a hope, expectation; er mikil ván, at …, FmS. xi. 13; mér er ván, at …, I expect, apprehend, that …, Eg. 353; sem hann hafði áðr sagt á ván um, given to understand, FmS. xi. 87; eiga ván til e-s, 623. 17; allar þjóðir munu hafa ón mikla (a high hope) til namns hans, Hom. 60; slíks var ván, Nj. 5; engi ván er til þess, Eg. 157: sem ván var at, as was to be expected. Glúm. 337; vita sér engis ótta vánir, to apprehend no danger, FmS. xi. 46, Orkn. 414, Eg. 74; konungs var þangat ván, the king was expected, FmS. x. 323; þar var ván féfangs mikils, Eg. 265; ván er borin, past hope, Ld. 258; ván er þrotin, Eg. 719; ván rekin, id., Ld. 216; e-t stendr til vánar, bids fair, Eg. 173; e-t er at vánum, it is what could be expected, Nj. 255; but, eptir vonum, as good as could be expected, very good indeed; eiga e-t í vuniim, to have a thing expected; eiga barn í vánum, Grág.
- ván
- 2. spec. usages; ef hann görir aðrar vánir yfir land annars manns, Gþl. 449; þá er allar vánir vóru rannsakaðar, all places where it could be expected to be found, FmS. v. 216; cp. leita af sér vonina, to seek until one is satisfied it cannot be found.
- ván
- 3. dat. vánu, with compar.; vánu bráðara, sooner than expected, i. e. quickly, at once, FmS. ix. 408, xi. 112; vánu skjótara, x. 408; ónu verr, worse than might be expected, quite bad, bad indeed, LS. 36; yrkja kann ek vánu verr, Mkv.; vánu betr, well indeed; vita e-t vánu nær, to know quite, SkS. 183 B.
- ván
- II. eccl. hope, n. T., PasS., Vídal. passim.
- ván
- III. in a few instances, esp. in a few compds (vánar-völr, see below), ván seems to denote despair, cp. also the name of the myth. river Ván, despair, agony: Ván and Víl were the rivers produced by the slaver from the mouth of the fettered wolf Fenrir, who is hence called Vánar-gandr, the monster of the water W., Edda.
- ván
- COMPDS: vánarlauss, vánarmaðr, vánarvölr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- compar.
- comparative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- spec.
- specially.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- i. e.
- id est.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)