Vald
Old Icelandic Dictionary - valdMeaning of Old Icelandic word "vald" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
vald Old Icelandic word can mean:
- vald
- n.
- vald
- 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;
- vald
- 2) power, dominion (þá tók til v. Sviakonungs);
- vald
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- pl.
- plural.
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