Veiða

Old Norse Dictionary - veiða

Meaning of Old Norse word "veiða" in English.

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

veiða Old Norse word can mean:

veiða: d, to catch, hunt; veiða fimm orra, Ó. H. 79; veiða íkorna, 85; veiða rauðdýri, Orkn. 448; veiða sel ok fiska, Hkr. ii. 245; veiða fugla ok fiska, Grág. ii. 345; at han hefði veitt í einu höggi otr ok lax, Edda 72; veiða laxa, Nj. 69; veiða dýr á mörkinni, Fas. iii. 4.

veiða: 2. metaph., þótti þeim nú mundi lítið fyrir at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; ok fáit ér hann eigi veiddan, 102; ok mun þá þar mega veiða í er stundir líða, they will be caught by that, 207; látum þá eigi veiða oss inni, Fms. ix. 217; veiða þenna níðing í snöru, i. 206; veiða e-n í orðum, n. T.; veiða e-t upp ór e-m, to fish it out of one.

veiða: II. reflex., hversu veiðisk, how goes it with the catch? þeim veiddist vel, they got a good catch, freq. in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

N. T.: New Testament.

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