Vá
Old Icelandic Dictionary - váMeaning of Old Icelandic word "vá" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
vá Old Icelandic word can mean:
- vá
- I)
- vá
- (gen. vár), f. woe, calamity, danger;
- vá
- þat er lítil vá, ’tis no great harm;
- vá
- e-m bregðr vá fyrir grön, one gets a sudden fright (brá þeim vá fyrir grön, er þeir sá Birkibeina).
- vá
- II)
- vá
- f. nook, corner = vrá.
- vá
- III)
- vá
- (váða), v. to blame (úkynnis þess vár þik engi maðr).
- vá
- IV)
- vá
- from vega.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.