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verri, a. compar. worse;
verstr, superl. worst.
vers, n. verse; Maríu v., Ave Maria.
versa (að), v. (1) to put into verse (V. SbgU); (2) to make verse.
versa-bók, f. a book in verse, poem
-gørð, f. verse-making.
versna or vesna (að), v. to get worse (hlutr e-s versnar).
ver-sæl, a. f. happy in one's husband;
-þjóð, f. mankind, men.
veröld (gen. -aldar, pl. -aldir), f (1) world; (2) age.
vesa, v. to be, = vera.
vesala (að), v. to make wretched.
vesaldar-, genitive from 'vesöld';
-auki, m. increase of wretchedness;
-maðr, m. destitute person.
vesalingr (-s, -ar), m. = veslingr.
vesall (vesöl or vesul, vesalt, pl. vesalir or veslir), a. (1) poor, destitute, wretched (vesöl arfasáta); (2) with gen. wretched in respect of (vesöl eru vér konungs).
vesal-látr, a. shabby;
-liga, adv. miserably;
-ligr, a. wretched, wretched-looking;
-mannligr, a. = -ligr;
-menni, n. paltry person;
-menska, f. stinginess, shabbiness.
vesast (að), v. refl., to be wretched and uncomfortable (Austmenn vesuðust illa).
veski, n. bag, knapsack.
vé-skóp, n. pl. holy ordinances.
vesl, n. a kind of cloak.
vesla (að), v. to make wretched; refl., veslast, to grow wretched, poor.
veslingr (-s, -ar), m. a poor, puny person, wretch (hvat myndi v. þessi varða mér bátinn).
veslings-maðr, m. = veslingr.
veslugr, a. poor, wretched (fátœkr ok veslugr landskapr).
vesning, f. being, essence.
vestan, adv. (1) from the west (ríðu síðan hina sömu. leið vestr, sem þeir hófðu v. riðit); v. um haf, 'from west over the sea', from the British Islands; (2) on the western side of, with gen. (v. bœjar); fyrir v., west of, with acc. (fyrir v. vötnin).
vestan-ferð, f. journey from the west;
-maðr, m. a man from the west;
-veðr, n. west wind;
-verðr, a. western, westerly (hit þriðja bú átti hann við sjóinn á -verðum Mýrum)
-vindr, m. west wind.
vestarr, adv. compar. more to the west (eigi v. en í Hrútafjörð).
vestar-liga, adv. toward the west.
vestastr, a. superl., see 'vestri'.
Vest-firðingar, m. pl. the men from the West-fjords (Vestfirðir), in Iceland.
vest-firðis, adv. in the west of a fjord;
-firzka, L a custom in the West-fjords;
-firzkr, a. from the West-fjords.
Vest-fyldir, m. pl. men from the Norse district Vestfold;
-maðr, m. a man from the West, one from the British Isles, esp. from Ireland, opp. to 'Austmaðr'.
vestr, n. (1) the west (frá vestri ok til norðrs); sá ek fugl fljúga ór vestri, from the west; (2) adv. westwards, west, towards the west (hvert sinn er þá ríðr v. eða vestan); þykki þér eigi gott v. þar, there in the west; sigla v. um haf, to sail westwards over the sea, to the British Isles.
vestr-ferð, f. a journey to the west;
-för, f. a journey to the west;
-hálfa, f. the western part or region;
-heruð, n. pl. the western districts (of Iceland).
vestri, a. compar. more westerly (v. bygð); vestastr, superl. most westerly (liggja þessi lönd vestust).
Vestr-lönd, n. pl. (1) the British Isles; (2) the Occident.
vestr-sveitir, f. pl. the western districts (of Iceland);
-vegr, m. the 'western way', i. e. the British Isles (herja í-veg);
-víking, f. a freebooting expedition to the West (Vestrlönd)
-ætt, f. the western quarter, of the heavens (líta í -ætt).
vest-rœna, f. westerly wind,
-roann, a. westerly (vindar -rœnir).
vesæla, v. = vesala.
vesæll, a. = vesall.
vesöld (gen. -aldar), f. misery, wretchedness.
vetlingr, m. glove (cf. 'vöttr').
vetr (gen. vetrar, pl. vetr), m. (1) winter; miðr v., midwinter; í v., this winter; v. verðr mikill, the winter

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