V

-prestr;
-lán, n. worldly grants;
-lifnaðr, m. life in this world;
-líf, n, life in this world;
-lög, n. pl. civil law;
-maðr, m. a man of this world, secular person, layman;
-prestr, m. secular priest;
-ráð, n. pl. management of worldly affairs;
-ríki, n. worldly rank and power;
-ríkr, a. immensely rich;
-sjór, m. the ocean;
-spekingr, m. = -vitringr;
-spekt, f. worldly wisdom;
-starf, n. worldly business;
-sæla, f. worldly bliss;
-válað, n. wretchedness of the world;
-vitringr, m. philosopher;
-vizka, f. secular wisdom, worldly knowledge.
verald-ligr, a. worldly, secular.
veran, f. being, essence (guðlig v.).
verð, n. worth, price (galt hann þegar verðit í gulli ok brendu silfri); þetta eru þrenn verð, three times as much as the thing is worth; halda e-u til verðs, to put out for sale; marka v. á e-u, leggja v. í e-t, to fix the price of, set a value on.
verða (verð; varð, urðum; orðinn, vorðinn), v. (1) to happen, come to pass; ætluðu allir, at þeir myndi tala um mál sitt, en þat varð ekki, but it came not to pass, it was not so; þá varð óp mikit at lögbergi, then there arose a great shout at the Lawhill; (2) v. e-m, to happen to, befall one (slikt verðr opt ungum mönnum); þat varð Skarphéðni, at stökk í sundr skóþvengr hans, it happened to S. that his shoe-string snapped asunder; sjaldan verðr víti vörum, the wary man will seldom make a slip; e-m verðr þörf e-s. one comes to be in need of; (3) to happen to be, occur; í lœk þann, er þar verðr, in the brook that happens to be there; varð fyrir þeim fjörðr, they came on a fjord; v. á leið e-s, to be on one's path, happen to one; (4) v. brottu, to leave, absent oneself (þeir sá þann sinn kost líkastan at v. á brottu); v. úti, to go away (verð úti ok drag ongan spott at oss); to perish in a storm from cold (sumir urðu úti); þeim þótti honum seint heim v., they thought that he was long in coming home; (5) with acc. to lose; kváðust okkr hafa orðit bæði, said that they had lost us both; (6) followed by a noun, adj., pp., adv., as predicate, to become; þá verðr þat þinn bani, it will be thy death; v. glaðr, hryggr, reiðr, to become glad, sad, angry; v. dauðr to die (áðr Haraldr inn hárfagri yrði dauðr) with participles; ok varð ekki eptir honum gengit, he was not pursued; verða þeir ekki fundnir, they could not be found; blóð hans varð ekki stöðvat, the blood could not be staunched; þeim varð litit til hafs, they happened to look seaward; impers., e-m verðr bilt, one is amazed; Kolbeini varð ekki fyrir, K. lost his head, was paralysed; with adverbs; hann varð vel við skaða sinn, he bore his loss well, like a man; jarl varð illa við þetta, the earl was vexed by this; (7) with infin., denoting necessity, one must, needs, is forced, obliged to do; þat verðr hverr at vinna, er ætlat er, every one must do the work that is set before him; þar er bera verðr til grjót, where stones have to be carried; verð ek nú flýja, now I must flee; (8) with preps., v. af e-u, to come to pass (var um rœtt, at hann skyldi leita fara, en eigi varð af); varð ekki af ferðinni, the journey came to nought was given up; verðr þetta af, at hann tekr við sveinunum, the end was that at last he took the boys; starf ok kostnaðr varð af þessu, trouble and expenses arose from this; livat verðr af e-u, what becomes of; hvat varð af húnum mínum, what has become of my cubs?; v. at e-u, to become (v. at undri, undrsjónum); veiztu, hvat þér mun v. at bana, knowest thou what will be the cause of thy death?; v. at engu, to come to nothing; v.á, to come on, happen; þvat sem á yrði siðan, whatever might happen later on; e-m verðr á, one makes a blunder, mistake (þótti þér ekki á v. fyrir honum, er hann náði eigi fénu ?); v. eptir, to be left (honum varð þar eptir geit ok hafr); v. fyrir e-u, to meet with (v. fyrir goða reiði); to forebode (v. fyrir stórfundum); v. fyrir e-m, to be in one's way, as a hindrance

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