Veðja

Old Norse Dictionary - veðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "veðja" in English.

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

veðja Old Norse word can mean:

veðja: að, [Ulf. ga-wadion = ἁρμόζειν; A. S. weddian; Scot. wad; Germ. wetten; Dan. vædde]:—to lay a wager, bet; with dat., veðja um e-t, or absol., veðja höfði um getspeki, Vþm. 19; veðjar Loki höfði sínu við þann dverg, Edda 69; ek vil veðja um við þik, at ek mun finna …, Ó. H. 75, FmS. vi. 369; skal víst veðja hér um, FaS. i. 318; viltú veðja við oss, at …, 317; ef menn veðja, hafi at alls engu, Gþl. 522; veðit eigi optarr við úkunna menn, FaS. i. 319; þeir reiddusk ok veðjuðu, Korm. 142.

veðja: II. a Norse law term, [Swed. vädja], to appeal; þá skolu þingmenn skjóta dómi þeirra veðjuðum á fylkis-þing, n. G. l. i. 88; verða þar aðrir veðjaðir (= for-veðjaðir?) ok af sínu máli, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Scot.: Scottish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

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

L.: Linnæus.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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