Villa
Old Norse Dictionary - villaMeaning of Old Norse word "villa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
villa Old Norse word can mean:
- villa
- u, f. a going astray, losing the way: metaph. error, falsehood, villa ok fáfræði, Sks. 613 B; lögvilla (q. v.), hann snöri því í villu er hón hafði mælt, Nj. 161; Þorleifr spaki er með viti lagði þá villu, Fms. x. 379: eccl. false doctrine, heresy, Rb. 338; Djöfuls villa, 655. 56; villa Arii, the Arian heresy, Ann.
- villa
- 2. villu-andi, Stj. 240; villu-kenning, a false doctrine; villu-átrúnaðr, false belief, unbelief, 103; villu-efni, Fb. i. 409; villu-bönd skurðgoða, Fms. ii. 96; villu-boðorð, fortala, Anecd. 32, 70; villu-glapstigr, Stj. 49; villu-hellir, Barl. 154; villu-myrkr, Post.; villu-ráð, Anecd. 28; villu-draumr, a false dream, Barl. 108; villu-nótt, a night of error, Hom. 41; villu-þoka, Gþl. 45; villu-biskup, villu-páfi, a false bishop, a false pope, Fms. viii. 369, Ann. 415. 19; villu-prestr, a false priest, Anecd. 12; villu-spámaðr, a false prophet, Stj. 593.
- villa
- COMPDS: villu-dýr = villidýr, n. G. l. i. 317. villu-karl, m. = villumaðr, Barl. 102. villu-lauss, adj. free from error, orthodox, Barl. 99. villu-maðr, m., eccl. a heretic, Barl. 149, Stj. 21, Clem. 52; Maumets villumenn, Orkn. 364, n. T., Vídal. passim. villu-ráfandi, part. roving astray; v. sauðr. villu-samligr, adj. false, Anecd. 30, Sks. 528. villu-samr, adj. erroneous, false, Barl. 157. villu-stigr, m. a false path, Barl. 145, Anecd., Stj. 637, v. l. villu-trú, f. unbelief, Barl. 103. villu-vegr, m. a way of error, Fb. i. 117. villu-víg, n. an intended murder; e. g. vega mann til arfs, Gþl. 252.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- m.
- masculine.
- adj.
- adjective.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- part.
- participle.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.