Vé-fengja

Old Norse Dictionary - vé-fengja

Meaning of Old Norse word "vé-fengja" in English.

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

vé-fengja Old Norse word can mean:

vé-fengja: d, to deliver a véfang, q. v.; ef þær sakir eru nökkurar er þeir verða eigi ásáttir á dóm sinn, ok skolu þeir þá véfengja, … segi ek þat Guði, at ek mun þat v. er ek hygg lög vera, … nema þar (viz. in the quarter-court) verði enn véfengit (a remnant of a strong inflexion), þá skal lúkask í fimtar-dómi, Grág. ii. 324; þeir eigu at væfengja er þrír eru hvárir-tveggju, ok fara svá at véfangi sem at fjórðungs-dómi, 274; véfengja mál, þeir munu ætla at v. brennu-málit ok láta eigi dæma mega, Nj. 240, cp. 150.

vé-fengja: 2. in mod. usage to impugn, doubt a statement; viltú v. það sem eg segi? eg vil ekki v. það; or also, eg véfengi þig ekki, I impugn not thy veracity.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

viz.: namely.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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