Vand-ræði
Old Norse Dictionary - vand-ræði
Meaning of Old Norse word "vand-ræði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vand-ræði can mean:vand-ræði
- vand-ræði
- n. difficulty, trouble, Eg. 7, 161, Sturl. iii. 195 C; hann leysti hvers manns vandræði, Nj. 30; v. görðusk þeirra á meðal, Grág. ii. 167; etja vandræðum við e-n, Eg. 458.
- vand-ræði
- 2. gen. as adj.; vandræða félag, troublesome fellowship, Ld. 266; vandræða gripr, a troublesome thing, Fms. ii. 56; vandræða-skáld, the troublesome poet, the nickname of Hallfred, Fs.; vandraeða mágr, Sturl. iii. 76; vandræða kostr, a dire choice, Fms. xi. 31.
- vand-ræði
- COMPDS: vandræðalaust, vandræðalíkligr, vandræðamaðr, vandræðasamr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾᛏ-ᚱᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
- gen.
- genitive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)