Venda
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vendaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "venda" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
venda Old Icelandic word can mean:
- venda
- I)
- venda
- (-nda, -ndr), v.
- venda
- 1) to wend, turn (vendi S. aptr herinum);
- venda
- v. sínum vegi, to wend ones way (hann vendir sínum vegi austr til landsenda);
- venda
- 2) to change, convert (guð vendi því ok sneri til góðs);
- venda
- 3) absol., to turn (þeir vendu þá á þat fjall, er kallat er Vazfell);
- venda
- v. aptr, to return (vendi hann aptr sömu leið).
- venda
- II)
- venda
- (að), v. to change, alter (v. siðum sínum).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾᛏᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
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