Veð-setja

Old Norse Dictionary - veð-setja

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

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

veð-setja: setti, [Scot. wadset], to pawn, mortgage, Fas. i. 317, Stj. 601; veðsetja jarðir sínar, Fms. xi. 293, Eg. 77; v. sik í þetta mál, to pledge oneself to this case, Fms. iv. 77; v. sik ok fé sitt, to hazard, stake, Ld. 42, Fms. vii. 34; eigi vil ek v. virðing mína við íllgirni þína, Eb. 160.

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

Abbreviations used:

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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