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recipr., veitast at, to back one another (vit Egill munum nú v. at); þeir veittust at öllum málum, they stood by one another in all suits.
veita (-tta, -ttr), v. to convey, lead (water), with acc. or dat. (v. vatn or vatni); v. ánni ór enum forna farveg, to divert the river from its old course; impers., veitir vatn til sjóvar, the rivers trend towards the sea.
veita, f. (1) draining; (2) ditch; trench; (3) = veiti-engi.
veitall, a. giving freely, generous (v. af peningum).
veitandi (pl. -endr), m. (1) giver; (2) helper, supporter (margir vóru veitendr at málum með þorbirni).
veitari, m. giver, donor.
veiti-engi, n. a trenched meadow.
veiting, f, grant, gift.
veizla, f. (1) grant, gift, allowance; (2) help, assistance, backing,= lið-veizla; (3) feast, banquet (veizlan fór vel fram, ok var veitt með miklum kostnaði); (4) the reception or entertainment to be given to the Norse king by his landed men (lendir menn) and stewards (ármenn), and to the bishop by the priests; the king was said to 'fara at veizlum, taka veizlur'; (5) a royal grant, revenue (fekk konungr honum veizlur miklar); hann hafði áðr haft alla sýsluna suma at veizlu, en suma at léni, partly as a grant, partly as a fief.
veizlu-búnaðr, m. preparation for a feast;
-dagr, m. banquet-day,;
-fall, n. failure of a feast;
-fé, n. fee, money paid in lieu of veizla;
-gjald, n. fee, money paid in lieu of veizla;
-gørð, f. feast-giving;
-höll, f. banqueting-hall;
-maðr, m. one sustained, supported by another (E. kveðst ekki þurfa at vera hans -maðr);
-skáli, m. = -höll;
-spjóll, n. pl. the spoiling of a feast (gera -spjóll);
-stofa, f. = -höll;
-sveinn, m. a lad supported by one;
-taka, f. the receiving of a veizla.
vekja (vek; vakta; vakiðr, vaktr, vakinn), v. (1) to waken, rouse from sleep (þorði engi at v. hann); (2) to stir, rouse (gør þú eigi þat, son minn, at þú vekir þá, er þeir hafa áðr frá horfit); (3) to cause, begin (v. víg, styrjöld); (4) v. upp, to waken, rouse (H. vakti upp alla heimamenn sína); fig., hann vakti upp tvá boða mikla; (5) to start (broach) a question (E. vakti þat mál við Þórólf); v. til e-s (or v. til um e-t) við e-n, to raise the question, introduce the mention of a thing with one (S. konungr vakti þá til um eyrendi sitt við Sigurð jarl); (6) to make to flow; v. sér blóð, to make one's blood flow, open a vein (nú vekja þeir sér blóð ok láta renna saman dreyra sinn); verjum hendr várar, ef þeir vekja fyrri við oss, if they be the first to quarrel with us.
vekra (að), v. to freshen up, rouse.
vel, adv. (1) well (taka v. við e-m); v. í vexti, well-grown, well-shapen; vera v. til e-s, to be kind to one; mér gefr vel at skilja, I understand quite well; (2) easily (þat mætti v. verða þinn bani); (3) fully, amply,, largely (v. vegnar fimm merkr); faðir hennar hafði v. fé, plenty of money; intensive, with adj.; v. flestir, the most part; v. mikill, rather great; v. tuttugu menn, twenty and upwards; hundrað manna eða v. svá, a hundred or fully that.
vél (pl. -ar), f. (1) artifice, craft, device; gørva vélar til e-s, to contrive some trick to obtain a thing; við vélar, with artifice, cunningly; draga v. at e-m, beita e-n vélum, to use guile towards one, deal cunningly with one; (2) apparatus, machine; vél til at taka fiska, a contrivance to catch fish; vél er menn kalla veðr, an engine that is called a battering ram.
véla (-ta, -tr), v. (1) defraud, betray (illt er vin v. þanns þér vel trúir); v. frá honum sverðit, to get the sword from him (by tricks); ek vélta hann ór viti, I wiled him out of his wit; (2) v. um e-t, to deal with, be busy with; torveldligr um at v., difficult to deal with.
véla-kaup, n. fraudulent bargain;
-lauss, a. guileless;
-maðr, m. fraudulent or deceitful person;
-samliga, adv. guilefully, craflily.
vel-borinn, pp. well-born, noble.
-burðugr, a. well-born, noble.
veldi, n. (1) power (með miklu v.); (2) empire; Dana-veldi, Denmark.

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