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vakka (að), v. to stray hover about, = vafka (þeir látu v. við skipin).
vakna (að), v. to awake, wake up(er hann vaknaði, þá rann dagr upp); menn vöknuðu við, er hann gekk út, men woke up just as he went out; v. vid e-t, to recognize, recollect (þá vaknaði konungr við ætt þeira).
vaknan, f. awakening.
vakna-skeit, n. vigil-time.
vakr (vökr, vakrt), a. watchful, alert, wakeful (v. í bœnahaldi).
vakr-liga, adv. nimbly;
-ligr, a. watchful, lively;
-lyndr, a. frisky.
vakta, (að), v. to watch, with acc.
val, n. choice; hann spurði hverjar sögur í vali væri, what stories there were to choose among; engi váru völ á því, there was no chance of that.
vala-ript, f. French cloth.
val-baugar, m. pl. French rings, foreign gold; cf. 'Valir'.
val-blóð, n. blood from the slain (valr);
-bráð , f. flesh of the slain (manna -bráðir).
val-bygg, n. foreign barley.
val-böst, f. some part of a sword.
vald, n. (1) power, authority (þér hafið vald til þess at ráða þessu at sinni); eiga (fá) v. yfir e-m, to have (get) power over one; gefast í v. e-s, ganga (koma) á, v. e-s, to submit to one; (2) power, dominion (þá tók til v. Sviakonungs); (3) pl. völd, the cause or origin of a thing; kenni ek þér völd um þat, I charge it on thee; af mínum völdum, of my doing
valda, (veld, olla or volda, valdit), v. (1) to wield, with dat.; ef ek em svá ústerkr, at ek má eigi v. sverðinu, that I cannot wield the sword; (2) to rule over; en þar Heimdall kveða v. véum, there they say H. rules over the fane; (3) to cause, be the cause of, with dat. or absol. (eigi vissu menn, hvat því olli); þessu mun Svanr v., this must be Swan's doing.
valdandi, m. wielder, ruler
valdari, m. wielder, ruler (sigrs valdari).
vald-borg, f. stronghold.
valdi, m., in 'ein-, fólkvaldi
valdi, a., v. e-s = valdr e-s.
valdr, m. wielder, ruler.
valdr, a., v. e-s, the cause of, guilty of (þótt þú sjálfr sér þess eigi v.).
val-dreyri, m.=valblóð;
-dreyrugr, a. gory with blood of the slain.
valds-ligr, a. powerful, mighty;
-maðr, m. mighty man, ruler.
val-dýr, n. carrion-beast, esp. wolf;
-dögg, f. 'the dew of the slain', blood;
-fall, n. the fall of the slain;
-fóðr, m. father of the slain, Odin;
-galdr, m. charms, spells to raise the dead;
-gjarn, a. greedy for carrion, of the wolf;
-glaumr, m. the swarm of the slain in Valhalla;
-grind, f. the gate of Valhalla.
val-knot, f. walnut.
val-höll, f. (1) the hall of the slain, Valhalla; (2) a great hall of a king.
valin-kunnr, a. (1) impartial; (2) honest, respectable.
Valir, m. pl. the inhabitants of France (other than the Franks); Vala málmr, Vala ript, gold or costly stuff from France.
val-kyrja, f. a chooser of the slain, Valkyrie;
-köstr, m. a heap of slain
Val-land, n. France.
vallari, m. destitute person, tramp, beggar; vagabond, wanderer.
vallar-sýn, f. outward appearance (miklir eru þeir at -sýn).
vall-gangr, m. excrements;
-gróinn, pp. grown with turf (-grónir bakkar)
-þrúðr, a. proud of gait.
val-mær, f. - valkyrja.
valneskr, a. French, = valskr.
valr, m. the slain (látu þeir búa um val þarm, er þar hafði fallit).
valr (-a, -ir), m. hawk, falcon.
valr, a. round, oval.
val-rauðr, a. blood-red, crimson
-rauf, n. plundering the slain;
-rof, n. plundering the slain;
-rúnar, f. pl. obscure runes;
-sinni, n. the company of the slain.
valska, f. the French language,of völsk tunga;
valskr, a. French; valskar mýss, rats.
val-slöngva, f. 'war-sling' ' catapult;
-stefna, f. war-meeting, battle;
-tivar, m. pl. gods of the slain.
valtr, a. easily upset, unstable, unsteady (völt er þessa heims hamingja).
val-veitr, f. hawking.

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