Veð-máli

Old Norse Dictionary - veð-máli

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

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

veð-máli
a, m. a pledge, mortgage; skal sá þeirra hafa veðmála sinn, er hann hefir at lögum at farit, Grág. i. 126; um lands-virðingar ok um veðmála, id.; dæma konu sitt fé, ef hón átti, eða veðmála ef vóru, ok hverjum sína aura fulla, 84; þá er at lögum farit, ef sýnt er váttum veðmáli, 126.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᛘᛅᛚᛁ
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
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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