varð-veita

varð-veita
t, prop. two words, varð (acc.) veita, i. e. veita vörð, to give ‘ward’ to, hold, keep, preserve; hence in the oldest writers the word is used with dat. (as the verb veita), varðveita fénu, Gþl. 227; v. börnum þeirra ok fé, 258; geyma þeim ok v., Stj. 99; v. þessum steini, Fms. viii. 8; v. öllum fjár-hlutum hennar, Gþl. 227.
II. with acc. to keep, defend; skal ek v. þik, Nj. 53; v. þær, Blas. 45 (vellum of the 12th century); v. ríkit, Eg. 119; hann var varðveittr, Fms. x. 369; Guð varðveiti þig, God ward thee! (a mod. phrase): to keep in one’s possession, þú munt hafa at v. eina kistu, Eg. 395, Nj. 5, 76, Ld. 70: to keep, ef maðr tekr grið ok varðveitir þat ekki, if a man takes up an abode and does not keep it, Grág. i. 150; v. sik við e-u, Hom. 13: to observe, freq. in mod. usage, v. Guðs boðorð, and the like.
III. part. pl. varðveit-endr, warders, watchmen. 623. 35.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nordgermanische Religion — Als Nordgermanische Religion wird die Gesamtheit von Kulten und diesen zugrunde liegenden religiösen Vorstellungen verstanden, die in vorchristlicher Zeit im skandinavischen Raum verbreitet waren. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Hintergrund 2 Vorwikingische …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Old Norse — dǫnsk tunga, dansk tunga ( Danish tongue ), norrœnt mál ( Norse language ) Spoken in Nordic countries, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland, the Volga and places in between …   Wikipedia

  • Nórdico antiguo — Norrøna tunga, Norræn tunga …   Wikipedia Español

  • Domalde — In Norse mythology, Domalde, Dómaldi or Dómaldr (Old Norse possibly Power to Judge [1]) was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings, cursed by his stepmother, according to Snorri Sturluson, with ósgæssa, ill luck . He was the son of Visbur.… …   Wikipedia

  • Islenska — Isländisch (Íslenska) Gesprochen in Island Sprecher 300.000 Linguistische Klassifikation Indogermanisch Germanisch Skandinavisch Isländisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Isländisches Alphabet — Isländisch (Íslenska) Gesprochen in Island Sprecher 300.000 Linguistische Klassifikation Indogermanisch Germanisch Skandinavisch Isländisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Íslenska — Isländisch (Íslenska) Gesprochen in Island Sprecher 300.000 Linguistische Klassifikation Indogermanisch Germanisch Skandinavisch Isländisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”