veita
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, , vreita, dropping the r, [akin to reitr, rít, , the root word; wrîtan = to trench; this is borne out by the Norwegian forms as stated by , veit in Sogn, but vreite in Thelemarken; reite near Mandal]:—a trench, ditch; of vatn-veitur, of water-trenches, aqueducts, () ii. 97; eigi skal hann annarra lönd meiða í veitunni, … of veitu-garða, trench-ditches, ii. 281; eigi á maðr at göra veitur í landi sínu svá at hann spilli landi eða engi manns þess er fyrir neðan býr, 282.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- qs.quasi.
- q. v.quod vide.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- mod.modern.
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)