Vesning
Old Norse Dictionary - vesning
Meaning of Old Norse word "vesning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vesning
- f. [cp. Germ. wesen], a being, essence, MS. 677. 3, 10, Hom. (St.); hverjar greinir hans vesningar eru, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)