Veiða
Old Norse Dictionary - veiða
Meaning of Old Norse word "veiða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word veiða can mean:veiða
- veiða
- d, to catch, hunt; veiða fimm orra, Ó. H. 79; veiða íkorna, 85; veiða rauðdýri, Orkn. 448; veiða sel ok fiska, Hkr. ii. 245; veiða fugla ok fiska, Grág. ii. 345; at han hefði veitt í einu höggi otr ok lax, Edda 72; veiða laxa, Nj. 69; veiða dýr á mörkinni, Fas. iii. 4.
- veiða
- 2. metaph., þótti þeim nú mundi lítið fyrir at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; ok fáit ér hann eigi veiddan, 102; ok mun þá þar mega veiða í er stundir líða, they will be caught by that, 207; látum þá eigi veiða oss inni, Fms. ix. 217; veiða þenna níðing í snöru, i. 206; veiða e-n í orðum, n. T.; veiða e-t upp ór e-m, to fish it out of one.
- veiða
- II. reflex., hversu veiðisk, how goes it with the catch? þeim veiddist vel, they got a good catch, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.