Veð-mæla

Old Norse Dictionary - veð-mæla

Meaning of Old Norse word "veð-mæla" in English.

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

veð-mæla
t, to pledge, mortgage, Grág. i. 126; fé veðmælt at lögum, 413; sá er fé sitt lét veðmæla, 127; þó at hann hafi meira veðmælt, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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