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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


V


rain with wind;
-ins, m. ice on a lake;
-ker, n. water-vessel;
-kerald, n. water-vessel;
-
lauss, a. waterless;
-skírn, f. baptism in water;
-skortr, m. lack of water;
-óss, m. mouth of a lake (connected with the sea);
-rás, f. water-course;
-sótt, f. dropsy;
-strönd, f. bank of a lake;
-støkkull, m. a brush for sprinkling water;
-veita, f. drain trench, aqueduct;
-vigsla, f. consecration of water;
-vik, f. creek in a lake;
-metr f. vein of water.
vatta (að) v. to grasp with gloves.
vatz-, = vatns-, vaz-.
vax, n. wax (bráðna sem v. við eld).
vaxa (vex; óx or vóx, óxum or uxum; vaxinn), v. (1) to wax, grow (hann heyrir þat er gras vex á jörðu); v. upp, to grow up (þá er hann óx upp); honum vóx eigi skegg, no beard grew on his chin; (2) v. e-u, to be overgrown with (hrísi vex ok hávu grasi vegr, er vætki treðr); (3) to wax, increase (veðr, vindr vex); þá er honum óx aldr, when he grew older; e-m vex e-t í augu, a thing grows big in one's eyes; (4) to grow greater in fame (Sigurðr konungr þótti v. mikit af þessi veiziu).
vax-blys, n. wax-torch.
vaxinn, pp. (1) grown up (v. maðr); (2) overgrown with (grasi, skógi, viði, reyri v.); (3) shapen, formed(Nóregr er v. með þrem oddum); svá er við vaxit, the matter stands so.
vax-kerti, n. wax-candle, wax-light;
-ljós
, n. wax-candle, wax-light;
-spjald, n. wax-tablet, for writing on.
vaxta-lauss, a. without increase or interest.
vaxt-samr, a. fruitful,;productive.
vaz-, (=vats-) the common spelling for 'vatns-'.
vaztir. f. pl. fishing-bank (á þær v., er hann var vanr at sitja).
, (gen. vár), f. woe, calamity, danger; þat er lítil vá, Tis no great harm; e-m bregðr vá fyrir grön, one gets a sudden fright (brá þeim vá fyrir grön, er þeir s'a Birkibeina).
, f. nook, corner = vrá.
(váða), v. to blame (úkynnis þess vár þik engi maðr).
vá-beiða, f. an evil-boding monster;
-brestr, m. a sudden evil-boding crash or sound;
-böl, n. an unlooked for calamity.
váð (pl. -ar), f. (1) stuff, cloth as it leaves the loom (sat þar kona, sveigði rokk, bjó til váðar) (2) fishing-net; (3) pl., váðir, clothes (váðir mfnar gaf ek tveimr trémönnum).
váða-hark, n. terrible noise;
-kuldi, m. perilous cold;
-ligr, a. scatheful, perilous;
-samligr, a. = -ligr;
-verk, n. accidental deed, of an unintentional harm inflicted.
váð-áss, m. a pole to hang clothes on;
-hæfr, a. fit for sail (-hæft veðr).
vátði, m. scathe, danger, peril, of extreme sudden danger (mér þykkir við váða búit, ef); stýra e-m til ens mesta, váða, to expose one to the greatest danger.
váð-ker, n. a tub in which clothes are stamped or trodden;
-meiðr, m. clothes-pole = -áss.
váð-veifliga, adv. suddenly.
váð-verk, n. cloth-making.
váð-vænligr, a. perilous;
-vænn, a. fraught with danger; straumar váðvænir, dangerous currents.
váfa (-ða), v. to swing, vibrate to and fro, hang,; v. yfir, to be impending.
váfa, f. ghost, spectre, shade.
vág, f. (1) balance, scales (hann biðr Gilla taka vágina); (2) weight (v. min af gulli).
vága (að), v. to dare, venture.
vá-gestr, m. dangerous guest.
vág-föll, n. pl. the running of blood and matter from a sore.
vág-glati, m. destruction.
vág-marr, m. 'wave-steed', ship.
vágr (-s, -ar), m. (1) wave, sea; (2) creek, bay; (3) matter from a sore.
vág-rek, n. wreck, goods drifted ashore (skyldi þat -rek heita).
vágs-botn, m. inner end of a bay.
vág-skorinn, pp. indented with bays.
vála (að), v. to wail.
válat, n. misery, destitution (hón grét mjök fátœki sitt ok v.).
válaðr, a. wretched, indigent, distressed (vesall ok v. ok fátœkr).
vá-ligr, a. hurtful, harmful (spyrja



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