Vilnask
Old Norse Dictionary - vilnask
Meaning of Old Norse word "vilnask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vilnask can mean:vilnask
- vilnask
- að, to hope for a thing, deem so and so of it, with gen.; vilnumk ek þess nú, at …, would that, Vkv. 29; þó vilnumk ek hins, at …, Fbr. 213; vilnaðisk hann jafnan Guðs miskunnar, en tortryggði aldri, Fms. v. 152; mun ek þess vilnask at hamingja mun fylgja, Fs. 23; vilnumk ek ok gleðjumk ek af Dróttins várs gæzku, 655 xxxiii. 3.
- vilnask
- 2. act. in mod. usage, to favour, make concession to one; vilna e-m til or vilna e-m í, to remit, a debt or duty.
- vilnask
- II. er honum mikit í því vilnað, it will do him good, ‘tis a favour to him, Clem. 57; þau ein kaup höfðu þeir við áttzk, at þeim var eigi vilnað í, Ölk. ch. 1; ör-vilnask, to despair.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᚾᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- act.
- active.
- mod.
- modern.
- ch.
- chapter.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)