völdugr

a. powerful, = völdugr.

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mod. voldugr; that völd- is the better form is shewn by the old form valdugr, Barl., as also by the derivation from vald; [Ulf. wulþags = ἔνδοξος; Germ. ge-waltig; see valda]:—mighty, powerful; þrír völdugir konungar, Fms. i. 259; inn valdugasti, Barl. 102: vitr ok valdugr, 113; inn valdugi stjórnari, 106; eigi mundi hann vera svá voldugr, at …, Orkn. 138; vollduga menn ok vel guðhrædda, Stj. 298; ins voldugasta manns, 185; voldugari, 163 (völdugari, v. l.); mjök voldugir ok mikils ráðandi, Fb. ii. 535, Luke i. 52.