Veggr
Old Norse Dictionary - veggr
Meaning of Old Norse word "veggr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word veggr can mean:veggr
- veggr
- m., gen. veggjar, pl. veggir, [Ulf. waddjus = τειχος; A. S. wæcg; Engl. wedge; Dan. væg]:—a wall; hlaða vegg, Jb. 212; liggja úti á vegginum, Nj. 115, very freq. in mod. usage; nálægr veggr hitnar þá er inn næsti brennr, BS. i. 744 (rendering of Lat. ‘tune tua res agitur, paries quum proximus ardet’); lágr veggr, Sturl. iii. 70: torf-veggr, veggja-hlözla, wall-building, Rd. 267; innan veggjar, within walls, indoors (cp. innanstokks), D. I. i. 179; var lágr veggr undir sólina, Sturl. iii. 70 (sól A. 2).
- veggr
- 2. a wedge; tann-veggr, bein-veggr (qq. v.), a wedge of bone, walrus-tusk.
- veggr
- COMPDS: veggberg, vegghamarr, veggjahvalr, vegglagr, veggjalús, veggsleginn, veggþili.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)