Vel

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vel

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vel" in English.

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

vel Old Icelandic word can mean:

vel
adv.
vel
1) well (taka v. við e-m); v. í vexti, well-grown, well-shapen; vera v. til e-s, to be kind to one; mér gefr vel at skilja, I understand quite well;
vel
2) easily (þat mætti v. verða þinn bani);
vel
3) fully, amply, largely (v. vegnar fimm merkr); faðir hennar hafði v. fé, plenty of money; intensive, with a.; v. flestir, the most part; v. mikill, rather great; v. tuttugu menn, twenty and upwards; hundrað manna eða v. svá, a hundred or fully that.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚ

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-s
einhvers.

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