Vefr
Old Norse Dictionary - vefrMeaning of Old Norse word "vefr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vefr Old Norse word can mean:
- vefr
- m. gen. vefjar; pl. vefir, gen. vefja; acc. pl. vefi, Rb. 358: [A. S., Engl., and Germ. web; Dan. væv]:—a web in the loom; ef vefr stendr uppi, n. G. l. i. 211, JS. 78; þar vóru konur ok höfðu færðan upp vef … rifu þær ofan vefinn ok í sundr, Nj. 277, 279, Fbr. 58; ek þóttumk uppi eiga vef, en þat var lín-vefr, hann var grár at lit, mér þótti kljáðr vera vefrinn … féll af einn kléinn af miðjum vefnum, FmS. xi. 49; en er vefr hennar féll, þá var vaðmálit fjórum álnum lengra en hón átti ván á, BS. i. 367; einarðr vefr, Stj. 416: phrases, hafa uppi vef, slá vef, verpa vef (Darr.), kljá vef. The chief passages referring to the ancient weaving, are the Nj. l. c. with the poem Darraðar-ljóð, and the Jómsv. S. (FmS. xi. 49): the old upright loom is sketched in Olavii Reise-bog, and in Worsaae, No. 558; in Icel. it was (about A. D. 1780) displaced by the horizontal hand-loom (since called in Icel. the ‘Danish loom’), which is now in use; the appendages to an old loom were the vefjar-hræll, -hleinar, -ló, -skeið, -rifr, -vinda, see Björn.
- vefr
- 2. any textile stuff; dýrir vefir, Al. 85: esp. of brocade, altaris-klæði annat með sæi annat með ‘vef,’ Vm. 116; fjarg-vefr, guð-vefr, sigr-vefr, qq. v.
- vefr
- COMPDS: vefjar-hökull, -kápa, -möttull, -skikkja, -upphlutr, m. a costly woven cope, mantle …, Vm. 68, 126, Nj. 24, Ld. 244, 328, JS. 78. vefjar-stofa, u, f. a weaving-room, Nj. 209.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- esp.
- especially.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Darr.
- Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Jómsv. S.
- Jómsvíkinga Saga. (E. I.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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