Velkja
Old Norse Dictionary - velkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "velkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word velkja can mean:velkja
- velkja
- t, [válka], to toss about; þeir velktu Tuma lengi, görði honum þá kalt mjök, Sturl. ii. 66 C.
- velkja
- 2. as a naut. term, to be sea-tossed; Þorgeir ok hans félaga velkir í hafi lengi, Fb. ii. 108: impers., velkti þá lengi í hafi, Eg. 159; velkti þá úti allt sumarit, Landn. 226.
- velkja
- II. metaph. to waver, hesitate; hann sér at eigi mun duga at velkja ráðit, Bs. i. 623; ertú mjök hugsjúkr um ráða-ætlan þína er þú velkir þat fyrir þér, Ó. H. 196; hann velti (i. e. velkti) lengi í huga sér hvernig hún yrði best til reidd, Jón Þorl. (the mod. phrase being, velta e-u fyrir sér = to revolve in one’s mind, waver; but this ‘velta’ is merely a corruption of the older ‘velkja’).
- velkja
- III. reflex. to be tossed; ok er þeir velkðusk þar lengi svá haldnir, Fms. x. 29; teksk af byrr allr ok velkjask þau úti lengi, Fs. 142.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- n.
- neuter.
- naut.
- nautical.
- pers.
- person.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)