Vekja

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

vekja Old Icelandic word can mean:

vekja

(vek; vakta; vakiðr, vaktr, vakinn), v.

vekja

1) to waken, rouse from sleep (þorði engi at v. hann);

vekja

2) to stir, rouse (gør þú eigi þat, son minn, at þú vekir þá, er þeir hafa áðr frá horfit);

vekja

3) to cause, begin (v. víg, styrjöld);

vekja

4) v. upp, to waken, rouse (H. vakti upp alla heimamenn sína); fig., hann vakti upp tvá boða mikla;

vekja

5) to start (broach) a question (E. vakti þat mál við Þórólf); v. til e-s (or v. til um e-t) við e-n, to raise the question, introduce the mention of a thing with one (S. konungr vakti þá til um eyrendi sitt við Sigurð jarl);

vekja

6) to make to flow; v. sér blóð, to make one’s blood flow, open a vein (nú ~ þeir sér blóð ok láta renna saman dreyra sinn); verjum hendr várar, ef þeir ~ fyrri við oss, if they be the first to quarrel with us.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᛁᛅ

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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