Veð-máli
Old Norse Dictionary - veð-máli
Meaning of Old Norse word "veð-máli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- veð-máli
- a, m. a pledge, mortgage; skal sá þeirra hafa veðmála sinn, er hann hefir at lögum at farit, Grág. i. 126; um lands-virðingar ok um veðmála, id.; dæma konu sitt fé, ef hón átti, eða veðmála ef vóru, ok hverjum sína aura fulla, 84; þá er at lögum farit, ef sýnt er váttum veðmáli, 126.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᛘᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)