Ván

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

ván Old Icelandic word can mean:

ván

(pl. -ir), f. hope, expectation, prospect;

ván

mér er ~, at, I expect that;

ván

er ~ e-s, it is to be expected;

ván

sliks var ~, this was to be looked for;

ván

þeim var ills ~ at Þór, they apprehended evil from Th.;

ván

sem hann hafði áðr sagt á ~, as he had given to understand;

ván

sem ~ var at, as was to be expected;

ván

vita sér engis ótta ~ir, to apprehend no danger;

ván

konungs var þangat ~, the king was expected there;

ván

e-t stendr til ~ar, it bids fair;

ván

e-t er at ~um, it is what could be looked for (ok er þat at ~um við skaplyndi Þorgeirs);

ván

vita ~ til e-s, to expect;

ván

hann vissi enga ~, at, he had no expectation that;

ván

eiga barn í ~um, to have a child in prospect;

ván

draga e-t í ~, to hold out a prospect of;

ván

mörgum þykkir fyrir ~ komit, many think it is past all hope;

ván

þá er allar ~ir vóru rannsakaðar, when all likely places were searched;

ván

dat., ~u, with compar., ~u bráðara, skjótara, sooner than expected;

ván

~u verr, worse than might be expected.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾ