Veizla

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

veizla Old Icelandic word can mean:

veizla

f.

veizla

1) grant, gift, allowance;

veizla

2) help, assistance, backing, = lið~;

veizla

3) feast, banquet (~n fór vel fram, ok var veitt með miklum kostnaði);

veizla

4) the reception or entertainment to be given to the Norse king by his landed men (lendir menn) and stewards (ármenn), and to the bishop by the priests; the king was said to ‘fara at veizlum, taka veizlur’;

veizla

5) a royal grant, revenue (fekk konungr honum veizlur miklar); hann hafði áðr haft alla sýsluna suma at veizlu, en suma at léni, partly as a grant, partly as a fief.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛁᛋᛚᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary