Vé
Old Norse Dictionary - véMeaning of Old Norse word "vé" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vé Old Norse word can mean:
- vé
- 1. n. pl., different from the preceding word; [the Lat. vexillum is a dimin. derivative from root of veho; the root word is vigan = to carry high, Lat. veho]:—a standard, remains only in poetry; gyld vé, golden standards, Fms. i. 175 (in a verse); veðr-blásin vé, vii. 345 (in a verse); fram óðu vé, vi. 409 (in a verse); þar er vé vaða, Darr. 6; gullsett vé gnæfa, vé geysa, glymja, skjálfa, blása, ríða, all poët. phrases of the standard carried high in battle, see Lex. poët.; reisa vé, to hoist the vé, Fms. v.ii. (in a verse); hildar vé, the ‘war-standard,’ i. e. a shield, Haustl. 1, (for shields were used as such, see remarks s. v. skjöldr.)
- vé
- 2. interj. [Goth. vai; Germ. wehe; Lat. vae; cp. vá], woe, misery; eymd eðr vé, Stj. 39.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Darr.
- Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)