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vesall

lýsingarorð
, vesul or vesöl, vesalt. The forms vary, being contracted or uncontracted, veslir, , as well as vesalir, , whence lastly, vesælir, :
α. veslir, veslar, veslum, 57, 6; vesla ( ), 109; veslu ( ), (Unger) 108; veslir, 151, 681; vesla (), viii. 242 (vesæla, of a later vellum); selum ok veslum.β. uncontr. vesala = vesla, ii. 46; vesala, (Unger) 18 (vesæla, ); vesalir, 96, l. 18; this regular declension is still in full use in speech, only not contracted, vesall, vesalingr, vesalir (not veslir); vesæla, i. 49 (paper ): so also in the either vesalli, 37, 188; vesalla, 656 C. 34; vesalstr, Kormak, (in a verse); but veslari, 23 (vesalli, ) Ves is the root, -all the inflexive syllable; the form vesæll is a later form, from a false etymology, as if from vé- privative, and sæll, happy. The origin of vesall is dubious, the radical s is against a derivation from the verri, wairiza; and the short vowel is against deriving it from vás, vés, The true etymology, we believe, is that vesall stands for ‘usall,’ being derived from the ur, or-, in its ancient form us; us-; ur-, ör-; this etymology is confirmed by form and sense alike; the old phrases, alls vesall (omnium expers), vesall eigu (proprii expers), were originally alliterative phrases; in 22, 69, vesall is made to alliterate with a vowel (vesall maðr ok ílla skapi … erat maðr alls vesall þótt hann sé ílla heill); usall is actually found written in () 264, ; the change of us into ves may be illustrated by the case of várr (); it is the opposite to that vocalisation of v which so frequently takes place. As to sense, vesall originally meant bereft, destitute of, = expers; and is followed by a genitive: [the form is usel, less right ussel.]B. Usages:
I. with bereft of; mæl þú alls vesall, 124, ; ok em ek vesall eigu, bereft of my own, 42 new ; mæl þú alls usall, () 264, (but allz vesall the other vellums): wretched in respect to, vesall þóttisk þóttisk hann sinnar úgæfu, 121; vesall vígs, 58; vesall ertú halds, 30; vesöl eru vér konungs, vi. 322.II. poor, destitute, wretched; þú vesall, 40, 42; mér vesalli, 523; bað hana aldri þrífask svá vesul sem hón var, 194; vesöl vættr, 150; veslir menn, poor wretches, , ; veslir menn ok vitlausir, 25; aumhjartaðr við alla vesla menn, 109; þat er veslum til vilnaðar, 57; sú önd er enn vesalli, 37; þykki mér því betr sem þú görir hana vesalli, 188; sú önd er vesöl, … enn vesalli (still more wretched), er …, 37; vei verði mér veslum, 6; sælum ok veslum, 126, 216; vesælum, vii. 220, ; sá veit ekki sér vesalla, 656 C. 34, and passim, see A above.III. as a nickname; inn vesæli (= vesli), vi. 16, 17.
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  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • contr.contracted.
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • prep.forsetning (e. preposition)
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