vegar

See also: Vegar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vegar m

  1. plural indefinite of veg

Old Norse

Noun

vegar

  1. nominative plural of vegr, ‘ways’
  2. (poetic) earth
    Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum
    heimi hverjum í?
    [...] Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum, / en með Ásum fold,
    kalla vega Vanir. — verses 9 and 10 of the Alvíssmál
    How is the earth named, / that which lies before the sons of men,
    in each of the worlds?
    [...] "Earth" it is named among men, / but among the Æsir "Field",
    the Vanir call it "Ways".
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