Velkja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - velkja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "velkja" in English.

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

velkja Old Icelandic word can mean:

velkja
(-ta, -tr), v.
velkja
1) to toss about (þeir velktu Tuma lengi); impers., velkir e-n í hafi, one is tossed about on the sea;
velkja
refl., ~st úti, to be tossed about on the sea;
velkja
2) to ponder over, consider; hann sér, at eigi mun duga at v. ráðit, to waver, hesitate; v. e-t fyrir sér, to turn over, revolve, a thing in one’s mind.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
e-t
eitthvat.

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