varg i veum

From Old Norse vargr í véum, literally "wolf in a sacred place". From vargr (“wolf; criminal, evildoer”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, and véum, dative plural of vé (“sanctuary”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhą.

varg i veum

1. (idiomatic, Norse period) an outcast
2. (idiomatic, by extension) persona non grata

• i veum “varg i veum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

A literary loan from Old Norse vargr í véum, literally ”criminal in a sacred place”. From vargr (“criminal, evildoer”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, and véum, dative plural of vé (“sacred place”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhą. The word varg is used here in its older sense ”criminal, evildoer”, but is identical to its general meaning ”wolf”, originally a taboo replacement word for ulv.

• IPA^(key): /varj ɪ ²veːɵm/

varg i veum c

1. (archaic) an outcast, a lawless criminal
2. (archaic, by extension) an unwanted person, persona non grata

• varg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• varg in Svensk ordbok (SO)