Velja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - velja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "velja" in English.

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

velja Old Icelandic word can mean:

velja: (vel; valda; valiðr, valdr, valinn), v. to choose, select, pick out (v. e-n til fylgdar við sik);

velja: v. um e-t, to choose between;

velja: er gott um at v., there is plenty of choice;

velja: eiga um tvá kosti at v., to have two alternatives to choose between;

velja: v. e-m hæðilig (hörð) orð, to speak ignominiously to (or of) one;

velja: hafa valit líð, to have picked troops;

velja: refl., ~st til e-s, to come forward (völdust margir göfgir menn til þessar ferðar).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t: eitthvat.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-s: einhvers.

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