Velmagt

Old Danish Dictionary - velmagt

Meaning of Old Danish word "Velmagt", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Velmagt can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) (sv vålmakt) god,kraftig tilstand; ligeruiss som le- gemet icke lenge bliffue kand i sin velmact, vden det fonger brød, saakan icke helder sielen bliffne ved sin velmacth. CP I. 813; oplod hannem helfften vdi sin velmact oc det gantske kongedom effter sin affgang. VAS 222,172; Etym 471 (u. fortuna); det bør at skee i vor velmagt. HenrW II. 258. Endnu brugeligt.
  • 2) = vellyst 4); kiendis mik met berod hw i myn wel- magt ath hafue sticthet (1464). NAM1. 156; i myn wælmacht giver myn sisteenhuus garth (1466). RAK till 64, 129, 183; (1469). GhA III. till 11; jek aff fry veliæ i myn velmacth vp- lader (1477). KD 11 136; iegh i myn welmacht och sundhed medt myn frii wilge haffuer funderit (1482). DM III. 38; I. 270. Jf SchuL V. 763bs9,

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛚᛘᛆᚵᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
g.
grad (gradus).
t.
tysk.

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