vé2
nafnorðhvorugkyn
1. , different from the preceding word; [the vexillum is a derivative from root of veho; the root word is vigan = to carry high, veho]:—a standard, remains only in poetry; gyld vé, golden standards, i. 175 (in a verse); veðr-blásin vé, vii. 345 (in a verse); fram óðu vé, vi. 409 (in a verse); þar er vé vaða, 6; gullsett vé gnæfa, vé geysa, glymja, skjálfa, blása, ríða, all phrases of the standard carried high in battle, see ; reisa vé, to hoist the vé, viii. (in a verse); hildar vé, the ‘war-standard,’ a shield, 1, (for shields were used as such, see remarks skjöldr.)2. interj. [ vai; wehe; vae; vá], woe, misery; eymd eðr vé, 39.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Lat.Latin.
- dimin.diminutive.
- poët.poetically.
- i. e.id est.
- s. v.sub voce.
- Goth.Gothic.
- Germ.German.
- cp.compare.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Darr.Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)