vegar

See also: Vegar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vegar m

1. indefinite plural 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".