Vá-beiða

Old Norse Dictionary - vá-beiða

Meaning of Old Norse word "vá-beiða" in English.

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

vá-beiða: u, f., found in but two instances, and possibly only a corruption of vádáði, [cp. A. S. weâ-dæð], an evil-boding monster; görit svá vel, skerit vábeiðu þessa (v. l. troll þetta), Eb. 116 new Ed., where it is spelt with y, but wrongly, as is seen from the parallel passage in a vellum of Eg. (in a verse), where the word also occurS.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

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