Vað

Old Norse Dictionary - vað

Meaning of Old Norse word "vað" in English.

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

vað Old Norse word can mean:

vað: n., pl. vóð; [A. S. wæd; Swed.-Dan. vad, vade-sted; cp. Lat. vadum; vað is derived from the verb vaða, and is not borrowed from the Latin noun]:—a wading-place, ford, across a river or creek; á árbakkanum við vaðit, FmS. xi. 255; þar vissi hann vað eitt ok reið þar til, 354; rekr hann ofan á vaðit, ok heitir þar síðan Þorgeirs-vað, Nj. 108; öll vöð á ánni, Stj. 394, Grett. 140; háska-vað, Art. 66; þar var þá vað á ánni, en nú er ekki. Glúm. 352; halda vörð á vöðum öllum, Dropl. 30: phrases, hafa vaðit fyrir neðan sig, to act warily; fara á hunda-vaði yfir e-t, ‘to pass by a dog’s ford over a thing,’ i. e. to slur it over, do it hurriedly and badly,

vað: II. the word is very freq. in Icel., also in local names, ‘-ford,’ Germ. -furth, being an unknown form; Vimrar-vað, Edda; Holta-vað, Nj.; Nauta-vað, Eyja-vað, Ísl. ii. 179.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

Works & Authors cited:

Art.: Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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