Vandi

Old Norse Dictionary - vandi

Meaning of Old Norse word "vandi" in English.

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

vandi Old Norse word can mean:

vandi
1. a, m. a difficulty, difficult task; lízk mér þat mikill vandi, Korm. 150, Nj. 177; þó nökkurr vandi liggi á, Fms. vi. 10; hafa bæði vit ok vanda at vera höfðingi, xi. 217: sayings, þat er vandi vel boðnu að neita (a good offer is not to be refused); vandi fylgir vegsemd hverri, cp. noblesse oblige.
vandi
II. obligation, duty, esp. of relationship; thus in the phrase, e-m er vandi á við e-n, þótt þér sé vandi á við Helga, Ld. 264; er þér miklu meiri vandi á við Eirík konung en Egil, Eg. 423; þat er mér ókunnara hverr vandi mér er á við hann, Fms. i. 297; sveiktú þann er þér var meiri vandi á enn við mik, vi. 17; fyrir vanda sakir ok tengda, xi. 11; binda sér vanda við e-n, to enter into an obligation, Gísl. 11.
vandi
COMPDS: vandabundinn, vandahlutr, vandalauss, vandalítill, vandamaðr, vandamál, vandamikill, vandaráð, vandasamligr, vandasamr.
vandi
2. a, m., qs. vanði (vanþi, Ó. H.); [from vanr, and different to the preceding word]:—a custom, habit, want. Eg. 41, 70; dró til vanda með þeim, Nj. 12; leggja í vanda, Glúm. 324; at vanda, as usual, Nj. 3, 103, Eg. 125, 491; ú-vandi, unmanners, whimsies, wayward manners. vanda-tíðir, f. pl. customary feasts, Bs. i. 164.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
esp.
especially.
l.
line.
f.
feminine.
pl.
plural.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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