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Val-kyrja, u, f. the chooser of the slain (kjósa val), the Valkyriur were a troop of northern goddesses, for whom see Edda 22, Gm., Em.; for the Valkyriur as guardian angels and tutors of the heroes, like Athene in the Odyssey, see Hkv., Vkv., Sdm.
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val-rúnar, f. pl. [A.S. wælrûn], 'Welsh' Runes, i.e. riddles, obscure language, Hkv. 2. 10 (a GREEK.)
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val-stefna, u, f. a war-meeting, battle, Hkv.
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val-tívi, a, m. the god of the slain, Vsp. (of Surt the giant); val-tívar, the gods, Hkv. 1, Vsp.; see tívi.
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VANR, vön, vant, adj., compar. vanari, superl, vanastr, wont, accustomed; vanr e-u, used to a thing; varg-ljóðum vanr, Hkv.; vígi vanr, Stor. 23; tungan er málinu vön, Skálda (Thorodd); vanr góðu brauði, Sks. 321: with infin., hann hafði jafnan vanr verit at matask í litlu húsi, Fms. i. 35; hversu mikill skattr er vanr at koma af Finnmörk, Eg. 70; ganga til sætis þess er hann var vanr at sitja, Ó.H. 66; vanan skatt, the wonted tax, Bs. i. 757; er hann var vanr at hafa, Sks. 228 B. 2. neut., ekki fékk ek minna til bús enn vant var, Nj. 18: impers., er þessa vant? -- opt berr svá at, is this wont to happen? -- it often betides, Fms. ii. 9; ú-vanr, unwonted.
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varg-ljóð, n. pl. wolf-songs, wolf-howling. Hkv. 1. 40.
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VARGR, m. [A.S. wearg; Hel. warag; the root-word is preserved in Germ. er-würgen, whence virgull, q.v., and Engl. worry; vargr and úlfr are said to be from the same root] :-- a wolf; berr björn, bítr vargr, N.G.L. i. 341; riða á vargi, Hkv. Hjörv.; trollkona sat á vargi, Fms. vi. 403; marga varga, Nj. 95; vaða vargar með úlfum, a saying, Fas. i. 11; sem menn viðast varga reka (prop. allit. varga vreka), as wide as wolves are hunted, Grág.: sem vargr í sauða-dun, Sd. 164: poët, of any beast of prey, varga vinr, Hkv. 1. 6 (of ravens); hann barg fjörvi varga, Vellekla: the saying, sjaldan vægir vargrinn, the wolf spares not; vargarnir etask þar til er at halanum kemr, Band.; vargs-hamr, -hár, -hold, a wolf's skin, hair, flesh, Str. 32, Fas. i. 199, Fms. i. 273; vargs-líki, -rödd, Edda 8, Fas. i. 130; varga flokkr, a flock of wolves, iii. 77; varga matr, i. 139; varga-þytr, a howling of wolves, 205: varga leifar, a 'wolf's homestead'(see leif), i.e. the wood, the wilderness, Gkv. 2. 11: in Icel. vargr is used of the fox. II. a law phrase, metaph. an outlaw, who is to be hunted down as a wolf, esp. used of one who commits a crime in a holy place, and is thereon declared accursed; hann hafði vegit í véum ok var hann vargr orðinn, Eg. 259; vargr í véum, a wolf in the sanctuary, Fms. xi. 40 (goð-vargr): also of a truce-breaker, hann skal svá víða v. heita sem veröld er bygð, Grág. (cp. grið-vargr); armr er vára vargr, Sdm.; eyða vörgum, to destroy miscreants, Fms. xi. (in a verse); úvísa-vargr, see p. 667. 2. in mod. usage, a violent, ill-tempered person; hón er mesti vargr, a fury of a woman; geð-vargr, skap-vargr, a fury: poët. compds, varg-fæðandi, -fæðir, -hollr, -nistir, -teitir, a feeder, ... cheerer of the wolf, i.e. a warrior, Lex. Poët.
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VARMR, vörm, varmt, adj.; [A.S. wearm; Engl. and Germ. warm; Dan. varm] :-- warm; varmar bráðir, Hkv. 2. 41; varma dingju, Hornklofi; varmr beðr, Lex. Poët.; með vörmu vatni, Stj. 237; görði varmt vatnið, 623. 34; tak kött ok drep ok stikk hendi í hann er hann er v., Pr. 470; var honum varmt mjök, he was very warm, Nj. 95; svá at af klæða-yl mátti hann eigi heitr verða eðr varmr, Stj. 548. Warm is used of blood-heat, and is distinguished from heitr, in mod. usage it is not much used, being replaced by 'volgr' (see válgr). II. in local names, of warm baths, Varmi-lækr, Varm-á, Varmi-dalr, Landn. varma-hús, n. a warmed room, Bs. i. 207.
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vaz,
vazt,
Clem.
148,
l.
32;
the
mod.
sound
is
vass;
in
the
Editions,
however,
the
etymological
form
vatns
has
mostly
been
restored;
all
the
South
Teut.
languages
use
a
form
with
an
r.
The
form
vatr
only
occurs
in
two
instances,
perhaps
used
only
for
the
rhyme's
sake,
in
hvatr
vátri,
a
poem
of
the
beginning
of
the
12th
century;
and
hélt
und
vatr
enn
vitri,
Sighvat;
but
vatn
vitni
in
another
verse
cf
the
same
poet:
[A.S.
wæter;
Engl.
and
Dutch
water;
Hel.
watar;
O.H.G.
wazar;
Germ.
wasser;
cp.
Gr.
GREEK;
Lat.
udus:
on
the
other
hand,
Icel.
vatn;
Swed.
vatten;
Dan.
vand,
qs.
vadn.]
A.
Water,
fresh
water;
jörð,
vatn,
lopt,
eldr,
Eluc.
19;
spratt
þar
vatn
upp,
Edda
(pref.);
blóð
ok
vatn,
Rb.
334;
grafa
til
vatz,
Edda
(pref.);
taka
vatn
upp
at
sínum
hluta,
Vm.
168;
þá
er
vötnin
vóru
sköpuð,
655.
1;
drepa
í
vatn
eða
hella
á
vatni,
K.Þ.K.;
ef
vatn
er
svá
mikit
at
þar
má
barn
í
hylja,
N.G.L.
i.
363.
2.
phrases;
ausa
vatni,
to
besprinkle
infants
with
water,
see
ausa
I.
2.
;
to
which
add,
þar
stendr
þú,
Özorr,
kvað
Helgi,
ok
mun
ek
ekki
við
þér
sjá,
þvíat
þú
jóst
mik
vatni,
Dropl.
25;
mærin
var
vatni
ausin
ok
þetta
nafn
gefit,
Nj.
25:
ganga
til
vatns,
to
go
to
the
water,
to
go
to
the
'trapiza,'
q.v.,
of
washing
before
meals,
Ld.
296:
þá
er
sól
gengr
at
vatni.
when
the
sun
goes
into
the
water,
sets
in
the
sea,
K.Þ.K.
96;
sér
ekki
högg
á
vatni,
a
blow
in
the
water
is
not
seen,
of
a
useless
effort:
á
vatni,
afloat,
Fas.
ii.
532;
svá
skjótt,
at
ekki
tók
á
vatni,
Fms.
vii.
344.
3.
of
tears;
halda
ekki
vatni,
could
not
forbear
weeping,
Fms.
vi.
236
(in
a
verse),
viii.
232.
II.
a
lake;
[cp.
North.
E.
Derwent-water,
etc.];
uppí
vatnið
Væni,
Fms.
vi.
333;
lét
flytja
sik
út
í
vatn
eitt,
ok
leyndisk
þar
í
hólma
nökkurum,
i.
66;
er
í
norðanverðum
flóanum
vatn
þat
er
nes
liggr
í,
Ísl.
ii.
345;
til
vatz
þess
er
Á
en
Helga
fellr
ór,
Ó.H.
163;
sjór
eða
vatn,
a
sea
or
lake,
Edda.
III.
streams,
waters,
esp.
in
plur.
of
large
streams;
hnigu
heilög
vötn
af
Himin-fjöllum,
Hkv.
1.
1;
þaðan
eigu
vötn
öll
vega,
Gm.;
þar
er
djúpt
vatn
(deep
water)
er
umhverfis,
Grág.
ii.
131;
geysask
vötn
at
þeim
með
forsfalli
...
vötnin
flutu
um
völluna
alla,
Ó.H.
164;
brúar
um
ár
eða
vötn,
Grág.
i.
149;
vötn
þau
er
ór
jöklum
höfðu
fallit,
Eg.
133;
fjörðr
sá
er
flóir
allr
af
vötnum,
Fs.
26;
en
nú
falla
vötn
öll
til
Dýrafjarðar,
Gísl.
20;
fóru
þar
til
er
vötn
hnigu
til
vestr-ættar
af
fjöllum,
Orkn.
4.
IV.
in
local
names,
Vatn,
Vatna-hverfi,
Vatns-lausa,
Vatns-á,
Vatns-dalr,
Vatns-endi,
Vatns-fell,
Vatns-fjörðr,
Vatns-nes,
Vatns-horn,
Vatns-skarð,
etc.,
Landn.;
Vatns-dælir,
Vatns-firðingar,
the
men
from
Vatnsfjörðr,
Vatnsdalr,
id.,
Sturl.:
of
lakes,
Gríms-vötn,
Fiski-vötn,
Elliða-vatn,
Mý-vatn,
Ólvus-vatn,
Landn.,
map
of
Icel.;
more
seldom
of
rivers,
as
Héraðsvötn
in
north
of
Icel.:
Vatns-dælskr,
adj.
from
Vatnsdalr,
Finnb.
334,
Ísl.
ii.
335;
Vatnsfirðinga-kyn,
-búð,
Nj.
248,
Ld.
120
(see
búð).
B.
COMPDS,
with
gen.
vatna-,
vatns-,
in
vellums
vatz-,
vaz-:
vatns-agi,
a,
m.
dampness.
vatns-bakki,
a,
m.
a
bank,
shore
of
a
water
or
lake,
Grág.
ii.
355,
Jb.
315,
Fms.
viii.
32,
Fas.
i.
360.
vatns-beri,
a,
m.
the
water-bearer,
Aquarius
in
the
zodiac,
Rb.
vatns-blandaðr,
part.
mixed
with
water.
vatns-bolli,
a,
m.
a
water-jug,
Am.
35.
vatns-borinn,
part.
mixed
with
water.
vatns-botn,
m.
the
foot
of
a
lake,
Hrafn,
11,
Fms.
ix.
367.
vatns-ból,
n.
a
watering-place,
well,
where
drinking-water
is
drawn.
vatns-bóla,
u,
f.
a
water-bubble,
vatns-bragð,
n.
a
taste
of
water.
vatns-burðr,
m.
carrying
water,
Bs.
i.
vatns-dauði,
a,
m.
water-death,
death
by
drowning
in
fresh
water.
vatna-djúp,
n.
a
water-deep,
abyss,
Skálda
209.
vatns-dropi,
a,
m.
a
drop
of
water,
Stj.
154.
vatns-drykkr,
m.
a
drink
of
water,
Stj.
150,
581,
Edda
24.
vatns-dæld,
f.
a
watery
hollow.
vatns-endi,
a,
m.
the
end
of
a
lake,
Fms.
ix.
406.
vatns-fall,
n.
a
stream,
river;
lítið
vatnsfall,
a
small
river,
Eg.
134,
v.l.:
of
rain,
vindr
ok
vatnsfall,
Art.
85.
vatns-farvegr,
m.
a
'water's
fairway,'
the
bed
of
a
river,
Grág.
ii.
291.
vatns-fata,
u,
f.
a
water-pail,
Fb.
i.
258,
O.H.L.
ch.
96.
vatna-flaumr,
m.
[Norse
vand-flom],
a
water-flood,
swell
of
water,
D.N.
vi.
148.
vatns-flóð,
n.
water-flood.
vatna-gangr,
m.
a
flood,
Stj.
59,
Grág.
i.
219,
Landn.
251:
a
fall
of
rain,
=
vatnfall,
veðrátta
ok
v.,
Grett.
24
new
Ed.
vatns-heldr,
adj.
water-tight.
vatns-hestr,
m.
=
nykr,
q.v.,
Landn.
93,
v.l.;
but
vatna-hestr,
m.
a
good
horse
to
cross
rivers.
vatna-hlaup,
n.
floods,
a
rushing
forth
of
waters,
Landn.
250.
vatns-horn,
n.
a
water-horn,
a
vessel
for
holy
water
in
church,
Pm.
6:
the
end
or
angle
of
a
lake,
and
as
a
local
name,
Ld.,
Landn.
vatns-hríð,
f.
a
storm,
Ann.
1336
C.
vatns-íss,
m.
ice
on
a
lake,
Stj.
510,
Fms.
viii.
398,
ix.
367.
vatns-kanna,
u,
f.
a
water-can,
Vm.
86.
vatns-karl,
m.
a
water-can
shaped
like
a
man;
vatnskarl
til
vígðs
vatns,
Vm.
21;
vatnskarl
ok
munnlaug,
Fb.
i.
359,
D.N.
iv.
457.
vatns-ker,
n.
a
water-jug,
Stj.
vatns-kerald,
n.
=
vatnsker,
Fms.
i.
127,
Vm.
21,
Jb.
409,
vatns-ketill,
m.
a
water-kettle,
Vm.
21,
114,
B.K.
83.
vatns-kottr,
m.
a
water-insect,
in
foul
pools.
vatns-lauss,
adj.
waterless,
without
water,
Barl.
196.
vatns-leysi,
n.
lack
of
water.
vatns-litr,
m.
water-colour,
Rb.
336.
vatns-megin,
n.
fulness
of
water.
vatns-mikill,
adj.
swelling
with
water,
of
a
river.
vatns-minni,
n.
the
inlet
of
a
lake,
Fms.
ix.
394.
vatns-munnlaug,
f.
a
water
hand-basin,
Pm.
60.
vatns-ósa,
adj.
soaked
with
water.
vatns-óss,
m.
the
mouth
of
a
lake
connected
with
the
sea,
Landn.
207.
vatns-rás,
f.
a
trench,
water-course,
Bs.
i.
148,
Stj.
593.
vatns-sár,
m.
a
font,
Vm.
110,
N.G.L.
i.
327.
vatns-skál,
f.
a
water-jug,
D.N.
vatns-skírn,
f.
baptism
in
water,
Barl.
116,
144
(vatnz-skírn).
vatns-skortr,
m.
lack
of
water,
Barl.
196.
vatns-sótt,
f
water-sickness,
dropsy,
medic.,
Post.
vatns-steinn,
m.
a
font
of
stone,
Vm.
110.
vatns-strönd,
f.
the
bank
of
a
lake,
Fms.
viii.
32,
MS.
623.
33,
Vkv.
(prose,
vaz-strouds).
vatns-stökkull,
m.
a
watering-pot,
a
vessel
or
brush
for
sprinkling
water,
Bs.
i.
464.
vatns-tjörn,
f.
a
'water-tarn,'
pool,
Sks.
682.
vatna-tunna,
u,
f.
a
water-tub.
vatns-uppspretta,
u,
f.
a
jet
of
water,
Stj.
646.
vatns-veita,
u,
f.
a
drain,
trench,
aqueduct,
Grág.
ii.
289.
vatns-veiting,
f.
a
draining.
vatns-vetr,
m.
a
winter
of
floods,
Ann.
1191
C.
vatns-vígsla,
u,
f.
consecration
of
water,
Bs.
i.
97.
vatns-vík,
f.
a
creek
in
a
lake,
Fms.
viii.
67.
vatna-vöxtr,
m.
'water-growth,'
a
flood,
Bs.
i.
138,
Grett.
133
A,
D.N.
ii.
35,
passim.
vatna-þytr,
m.
the
thud,
sound
of
falling
waters,
Skálda.
vatns-æðr,
f.
a
vein
of
water,
Stj.
29,
205.
C.
REAL
COMPDS,
with
the
root
word
vatn-
prefixed:
vatn-bátr,
m.
a
lake-boat,
Jb.
410
B.
vatn-beri,
a,
m.
=
vatnsberi,
Rb.
(1812)
65,
66.
vatn-dauðr,
adj.
drowned
in
fresh
water,
Grág.
i.
223.
vatn-dragari,
a,
m.
a
drawer
of
water,
Stj.
358.
vatn-dragi,
a,
m.
id.,
Fas.
iii.
21
(in
a
verse).
vatn-dýr,
n.
water-animals,
Al.
167.
vatn-fall,
n.
a
waterfall,
stream;
vatnföll
deilir:
a
torrent,
stream,
í
bráða-þeyjum
var
þar
vatnfall
mikit,
a
great
torrent,
Eg.
766;
lítið
v.,
134;
var
v.
þat
fullt
af
fiskum,
Fms.
i.
253;
svá
mikit
v.
sem
áin
Níð
er,
v.
182;
deilir
norðr
vatnföllum
til
héraða,
Ísl.
ii.
345;
er
vatnföll
deila
til
sjóvar,
Eg.
131,
Grág.
i.
440;
með
öllum
vatnföllum,
Nj.
265:
of
rain,
fyrir
vatnfalli
ok
regni,
Gullþ.
8;
vatnfall
fylgði
hér
svá
mikit
ór
lopti,
torrents
of
rain,
Gísl.
105,
Fms.
x.
250.
vatn-fátt,
n.
adj.
short
of
water,
Landn.
34,
Fms.
ix.
45.
vatn-fiskr,
m.
a
fresh-water
fish,
Fs.
165.
vatn-gangr,
m.
a
swelling
of
water,
Vápn.
24.
vatn-horn,
n.
a
water-horn,
as
church
inventory,
Vm.
110.
vatn-kakki,
a,
m.
=
trapiza,
q.v.;
gékk
hann
til
vatnkakka
ok
þó
sér,
Korm.
24.
vatn-karl,
m.
a
jug,
Stj.
153,
D.I.
i.
597,
Dipl.
v.
18;
vatnkarlar
fjórir,
könnur
sextán,
iii.
4,
Rb.
(of
the
zodiacal
Aquarius).
vatn-kálfr,
m.
dropsy;
þá
sótt
er
heitir
idropicus,
þat
köllu
vér
vatnkálf,
Hom.
25,
150;
hann
er
góðr
við
vatnkálfi,
Hb.
544.
39.
vatn-ker,
vatn-kerald,
vatn-ketill,
n.
a
water-jug
...,
Grág.
ii.
397,
Stj.
311,
Nj.
134,
Ísl.
ii.
410,
Fms.
xi.
34,
Ám.
29,
Vm.
35.
vatn-lauss,
adj.
=
vatnslauss,
Al.
172,
Stj.
194.
vatn-legill,
m.
a
water-jug,
Stj.
128.
vatn-leysi,
n.
lack
of
water,
Al.
173.
vatn-ormr,
m.
a
water-serpent,
Al.
168;
Hercules
sigraði
v.
(the
Hydra),
MS.
732.
17:
a
pr.
name,
Mork.
vatn-rás,
f.
=
vatnsrás,
Stj.
58,
642.
Ísl.
ii.
92.
vatn-skjóla,
u,
f.
a
water-skeel,
pail,
D.I.
i.
225.
vatn-staðr,
m.
a
water-place,
655
xxviii.
2.
vatn-torf,
n.
soaked
turf,
Ísl.
ii.
412.
vatn-trumba,
u,
f.
a
water-pipe,
Hom.
131.
vatn-veita,
u,
f.
=vatnsveita,
a
drain,
water-trench,
Grág.
ii.
289,
Stj.
498.
vatn-viðri,
n.
=
vátviðri,
Bs.
i.
245.
vatn-vígsla,
u,
f.
the
consecrating
streams
and
wells,
of
bishop
Gudmund,
Bs.
i.
vatn-ærinn,
adj.
plentiful
as
water,
abundant;
vatnærin
hef
ek
vitni,
Sighvat.
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VAXA, pres. vex, pl. vöxum; pret. óx, pl. óxu, mod. uxu; subj. eyxi or yxi, which is the mod. form; imperat. vax; part. vaxinn: with the v, vóx, vóxu, vyxi: with suff. neg. vax-at-tu, wax thou not, Edda (in a verse): [Ulf. wahsian, wobs, = GREEK; A.S. weaxan; Hel. and O.H.G. wahsan; Engl. wax; Germ. wachsen; Dutch wassen; Dan. voxe; Swed. wäxa; cp. Gr. GREEK; Lat. augere; and Icel. auka, q.v.] B. To wax, grow, of grass, plants, trees, wool, as also of men, animals; munu ósánir akrar vaxa, Vsp. 61; vegr vex hrísi ok há grasi, Hm. 120, Gm. 17; stóð um vaxinn mistil-teinn, Vsp. 36; þar sem þessi tré uxu, Al. 173; hann heyrir þat er gras vex á jörðu eða ull á sauðum, Edda 17; þar eru eyru sæmst er óxu, see eyra; þá nam at vaxa álmr ítrborinn, Hkv. 1. 9; vex viðar-teinungr einn fyrir austan Valhöll, Edda 37; í syni mínum var-at ílls þegns efni vaxit, Stor. 11; hann nam at vaxa ok vel dafna, ... upp óx þar jarl á fletjum, Rm. 8, 19, 32; lékum leik margan ok í lundi óxum, Am. 68; þá nam ek vaxa ok vel hafask, Hm. 142; þá er hann óx upp, Eg. 702; óx (vóx Ed.) Óláfr þar upp, Fms. i. 96; hann var þá vaxinn mjök, 466; syni fulltíða ... dóttur ef hón er vaxin, Gþl. 432; enn vaxni maðr, Grág. (Kb.) ch. 91; hvernig óxu ættir saman þaðan, Edda 4. II. to wax, increase; óx svá mjök ríki Sverris konungs, Fms. viii. 105; honum vóx alldr, iv. 32; hann óx dag frá degi í góðum verkum, 686 B. 4; vóx hann ok þróaðisk, Fms. x. 230; at Guðs réttr ætti jafnan at vaxa en hvergi þverra, 271; óxu auðæfi þín, Hom. 151; vex minni manns, Rb. 352; Eiríks úvinsæld vóx því meirr, Fms. i. 22; þá tók enn at vaxa kláðinn, ii. 188; veðrit óx svá at hríð mikla görði, Nj. 267; vindrinn tók at vaxa, Fms. x. 136; vaxattu nú Vimr, of the river, Edda (in a verse); sol vex, Sks. 57; á vaxanda vári, 12 new Ed.; dagar vóxu, Lil. 10; þá vox orð af orði, Fms. vii. 269; hvars hatr vex, Hm.; þeir sá at vit hans óx ok eljun, Fms. ix. 244, v.l.; vaxanda vági, a waxing wave, Hm.; vaxandi tungl, a waxing moon. 2. of fame, report; þótti Þórgeirr mjök hafa vaxit ok framit sik, Nj. 254; þykkjumk ek ekki af því vaxa þótt ek bíða heima þræla Haralds, Ld. 4; þótti hann mikit hafa vaxit af þessu verki, 150; Sigurðr konungr þótti vaxa mikit af þessi veizlu, Fms. iv. 83; lízt mér sem vant muni svá málinu at fylgja at öruggt sé at vit vaxim af, Glúm. 346; hvar viti ér þann konung er meirr hafi vaxit á einum morni, O.H.L.; mun þar vaxa sæmd þín við, Nj. 47; sem minnkaðisk vár sæmd heldr enn yxi, Fms. x. 7; vex hverr af gengi, a saying, Sighvat. 3. in the phrase, e-m vex e-t í augu; ... at minnr vaxi fyrir augum at ráða stórt, Fms. vi. 399; minnr myndi Þjóstólfi í augu vaxa, at drepa Atla, Nj. 58; at slíkir láti sér eigi allt í augu vaxa, Fms. xi. 96; lát þér þat ekki í augu vaxa, Nj. 13. III. part. vaxinn, grown, of land; hólmi reyri vaxinn, Fms. i. 71; dalr viði vaxinn, viii. 110; land skógi vaxit, Fb. i. 431; í þann tíð vas Ísland viði vaxit miðli fjalls ok fjöru, Íb. 4; þar skal engi dómr vera er engi er vaxit, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 86. 2. grown, shapen; fígura vaxin sem spjót, Ann. 560; Noregr er vaxinn með þrem oddum, Fms. x. 272; hagl svá vaxit sem frauka rigndi, Al. 169; gull-ker vaxin á þá mynd sem, Stj. 437; svá vaxinn hringr sem, Mar.; at svá vöxnu máli, Fms. vii. 141, xi. 37 (mála-vöxtr), Anecd. 70; svá er við vaxit, matters stand so, Fms. vi. 234; nú veit ek ef svá væri útanlands við vaxit, at ..., x. 244, Nj. 186; eigi er svá við vaxit, that is not the case, Fms. vi. 234, Nj. 180, v.l.; svá er til vaxit, id., Hom. (St.); maðr vel vaxinn, well-grown, handsome, Fms. vii. 102; harð-vaxinn, fagr-vaxinn, þykk-vaxinn, há-vaxinn, ítr-vaxinn.
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