Veröld
Old Norse Dictionary - veröld
Meaning of Old Norse word "veröld" (or verǫld)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- veröld (verǫld)
- f., gen. veraldar, dat. veröld and veröldu; [from verr = a man, and öld, q. v.; A. S. weorold; Engl. world; Hel. werold; Germ. welt; Swed. wärld; Dan. verden qs. verlden, with the suffixed article]:—the world, esp. in eccl. sense; til enda veraldar, Rb. 134; víða um veröldina, FmS. xi. 97; í veröldinni, Edda (pref.), K. Á. 132, SkS. 447 B; um veraldir veralda, rendering of per secula seculorum, SkS. 617 B, Niðrst. 8; of allar aldir veralda, sá er ríkir í veröld veralda, Hom. 112, 125; um eptir-komandi veraldir, for ages to come, Stj.: very freq. in mod. eccl. language, as in the Bible, PasS., Vídal.; veraldar auðæfi, ágirni, glys, girnd, worldly riches, desires, Greg. 30, Hom. 14, FmS. v. 217; veraldar válað, veraldar virðing, Greg. 27, FmS. v. 219; veraldar friðr, a world-peace, universal peace, Fagrsk. ch. 128; veraldar glys, góðs, lán, lifnaðr, spekt, starf, sæla, tign, worldly toys, treasures, grants, life, wisdom, business, bliss, glory, Hom. 27, 108, BS. i. 862, Clem. 23, SkS. 615, MS. 625. 165, Fær. 145, Stj. passim; veraldar ljós, the light of this world, Stj.; veraldar lög, the civil law, H. E. i. 506; veraldar bygð, the world = ἡ οἰκουμένη, Stj. 464, 643, Rb. 394; veraldar kvikendi, Stj.; veraldar fólk, Magn. 466; veraldar höfðingi, the great ones of the world, K. Á. 46; veraldar maðr, a man of this world, a secular person, layman, BS. i. 862, H. E., Stj., passim; veraldar-prestr and veraldar klerkr, a secular clerk, a parson, BS. i. 840, H. E. i. 502, Karl. 275; veraldar ráð, secular authority, 868; veraldar metnaðr, -ríki, worldly rank and power, Greg. 77, Ver. 40, Anecd. 38, FmS. v. 343; veraldar sigr, x. 395; veraldar ríkr, mighty, Mar.; veraldar sjór, the ‘world-sea,’ the ocean, Stj. 1; veraldar vist, the existence of the world, MS. 1812. 48; veraldar-vitringr, a philosopher (= heimspekingr, q. v.); Phytagoras veraldar vitringr, Stj. 98, 271.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, veröld may be more accurately written as verǫld.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.