versna

versna
take a turn for the better, worse
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(að), v. to get worse (hlutr e-s versnar).
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(sounded and often spelt vesna), að, to ‘worsen,’ get worse; batna né versna, Grág. i. 206; at henni þykki versna at kyssa þik, Ísl. ii. 369, xi. 139; nú versnar mjök frásögnin, Ld. 274; þá er versnaði með þeim, Rd. 307; er vesnar af annarra orðum, Hom. 53; versnaði hlutr Ulfars, Eb. 154.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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  • vernacular — [vər nak′yə lər] adj. [< L vernaculus, belonging to home born slaves, indigenous < verna, a native slave, prob. < Etr * versna, hearth < verse, fire] 1. using the native language of a country or place [a vernacular writer] 2. commonly …   English World dictionary

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