vernd

f.

1) protection (veita e-m v.);

2) a point for the defence, = vörn (en í máli vóru engar verndir);

3) = verndan; eiga v. á at gera e-t, to have a right, title to do a thing.

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f. [cp. verja, vörn; Swed. värnd], defence, protection, keeping, Fms. vi. 146, 260; til varðveizlu ok verndar, ii. 141; vernd ok hlíf, 184; ef einn maðr röskr er til verndar, Grett. 133 A: an excuse, veita e-u vernd, to excuse, Fms. v. 55; standa þar til verndar í móti, to make excuses, D. N. i. 157: as a law phrase = vörn, Band. 22 new Ed., Flóv. 22.

2. = verndan; eiga vernd á e-u, to have a title, right to, Fms. v. 55.

COMPDS: verndarbréf, verndarlauss, verndarmaðr, verndarstofa.