Vaxa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vaxa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vaxa" in English.

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

vaxa Old Icelandic word can mean:

vaxa
(vex; óx or vóx, óxum or uxum; vaxinn), v.
vaxa
1) to wax, grow (hann heyrir þat er gras vex á jörðu); v. upp, to grow up (þá er hann óx upp); honum vóx eigi skegg, no beard grew on his chin;
vaxa
2) v. e-u, to be overgrown with (hrísi vex ok hávu grasi vegr, er vætki treðr);
vaxa
3) to wax, increase (veðr, vindr vex); þá er honum óx aldr, when he grew older; e-m vex e-t í augu, a thing grows big in one’s eyes;
vaxa
4) to grow greater in fame (Sigurðr konungr þótti v. mikit af þessi veiziu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛋᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-u
einhverju.
e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.

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