Villa

Old Norse Dictionary - villa

Meaning of Old Norse word "villa"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word villa can mean:villa

villa
u, f. a going astray, losing the way: metaph. error, falsehood, villa ok fáfræði, Sks. 613 B; lögvilla (q. v.), hann snöri því í villu er hón hafði mælt, Nj. 161; Þorleifr spaki er með viti lagði þá villu, Fms. x. 379: eccl. false doctrine, heresy, Rb. 338; Djöfuls villa, 655. 56; villa Arii, the Arian heresy, Ann.
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2. villu-andi, Stj. 240; villu-kenning, a false doctrine; villu-átrúnaðr, false belief, unbelief, 103; villu-efni, Fb. i. 409; villu-bönd skurðgoða, Fms. ii. 96; villu-boðorð, fortala, Anecd. 32, 70; villu-glapstigr, Stj. 49; villu-hellir, Barl. 154; villu-myrkr, Post.; villu-ráð, Anecd. 28; villu-draumr, a false dream, Barl. 108; villu-nótt, a night of error, Hom. 41; villu-þoka, Gþl. 45; villu-biskup, villu-páfi, a false bishop, a false pope, Fms. viii. 369, Ann. 415. 19; villu-prestr, a false priest, Anecd. 12; villu-spámaðr, a false prophet, Stj. 593.
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COMPDS: villu-dýr = villidýr, n. G. l. i. 317. villu-karl, m. = villumaðr, Barl. 102. villu-lauss, adj. free from error, orthodox, Barl. 99. villu-maðr, m., eccl. a heretic, Barl. 149, Stj. 21, Clem. 52; Maumets villumenn, Orkn. 364, n. T., Vídal. passim. villu-ráfandi, part. roving astray; v. sauðr. villu-samligr, adj. false, Anecd. 30, Sks. 528. villu-samr, adj. erroneous, false, Barl. 157. villu-stigr, m. a false path, Barl. 145, Anecd., Stj. 637, v. l. villu-trú, f. unbelief, Barl. 103. villu-vegr, m. a way of error, Fb. i. 117. villu-víg, n. an intended murder; e. g. vega mann til arfs, Gþl. 252.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

eccl.
ecclesiastical.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
m.
masculine.
adj.
adjective.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
L.
Linnæus.
part.
participle.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Anecd.
Anecdoton. (H. II.)
Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Clem.
Clements Saga. (F. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
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