- varðveita
- (-tta, -ttr), v.1) to keep, preserve, with dat. (varðveita þessum steini);later with acc., svá skal ek þik varðveita, at þik skal ekki saka, I shall take such good care of thee, that no harm shall come to thee;varðveita sik við e-u, frá e-u, to abstain from;ef maðr tekr grið ok varðveitir þat ekki, if a man takes up an abode and does not keep it;2) to observe (varðveita guðs boðorðum).
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.