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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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braukun or brökun, f. ? violent behaviour (b. berserkja).
braut (pl. brautir), f. (1) road (cut through rocks, forests, &c.); ryðja b., to cut a road; (2) as adv. away, either with or without the prep. ' á' or 'í' (fara, ganga, komast b. or á b., brauta; vera í b. or brautu; kasta e-u í b., hverfa í b., vera í b. or brautu) cf. brott, burt.
braut-, m. compds., see 'brott'.
brauta-mót, n. meeting of roads.
brautar-gengi, n. help, furtherance.
brautingi (-ja), m. a wayfairer, tramp, begger; bráð eru brautingja erendi, the wanderer's errand is urgent.
brá (gen. brár, pl. brár), f. eyelash.
bráð, f. meat, raw flesh; varmar bráðir, the corpses of the newly slain.
bráð, n. pitch.
bráð, f. haste, only used in adverb. phrases, í b., soon, shortly, = bráðliga; bæði í b. ok lengðar, now and ever.
bráða-bugr, m., in the phrase, gøra -bug at e-u, to hasten to do a thing, do it without delay;
-fangs, adv. at once, = bráðfengis.
bráða-hola, f. a hole where the wild beasts carry their prey, (bráð).
bráða-hrið, f. sudden storm.
bráða-lauss, without prey (hauker bráðalausir).
braðan, adv. soon, shortly, = brátt.
bráða-sótt, f. sudden illness, plague;
-þeyr, m. sudden thaw.
bráð-dauði, m. sudden death;
-dauðr, a., in the phrases verða -dauðr, to die suddenly;
-endis, adv. of a sudden;
-fara, a. indecl., verða -fara, to travel in haste;
-feginn, a. exceedingly glad;
-feigligr, a. rushing to death;
-fengis, adv. suddenly, at once;
-fengr, a. quick to act, prompt;
-geðr, a. hot-tempered, hasty (-geð er bernskan);
-gerr, a. matured early in life, precocious;
-gerviligr, a. of early promise;
-hættligr, a. most dangeous;
-kallaðr, pp., verða -kallaðr, to die suddenly;
-kjörit, pp. n. hastily chosen;
-komliga = bráðliga.
-la
, adv. = bráðliga.
bráð-lauss, a. not pitched.
bráð-látinn, pp. = bráðdauðr;
-látr, a. eager, impatient;
-liga, adv. hastily, at once; -liga er, as soon as;
-ligr, a. sudden (-ligr dauði);
-litit, pp. n., gera -litit á e-t, to look hastily at a thing;
-lyndi, a. hot tempered, hasty.
-lyndr, a. hot-tempered, hasty;
-læti, n. impatience;
-mælt, pp. n. hastily spoken.
bráðna (), v. to melt, of snow, &c.
bráð-orðr a. hasty of speech.
bráðr (neut. brátt), a. (1) sudden (b. bani); (2) hasty, hot-tempered; þú hefir verit hølzti b. (too eager, too rash) í þessu máli.
bráð-ráðinn, pp. hastily or rashly decided;
-reiðr, a. very wrathfull;
-ræði, n. rashness;
-sjúkr a. taken suddenly ill;
-skapaðr, a. of hasty disposition (= skapbráðr);
-skeyti, n. hastiness, rashness;
-skeytiligr, a. rash;
-skeyttr, a. heedless, rash
-sýnn, a. seen at a glance.
bráðum, adv. soon, shortly.
bráðung, f. haste; bráðungar þarf við, one must make haste; af bráðungu, in a hurry.
bráð-þroskaðr, pp. early matured or grown-up.
brá-hvitr, a. with white, eyelashes.
bráss, m. cook ? (tóku þeir brás Búðla ok brugðu til knífi).
brátt, adv. soon; b. er, as soon as.
breða-fönn, f. a great heap or drifted mass of snow.
bréf, n. letter, witten deed.
bréfa (), v. to give an account, to write (b. af e-u).
bréfa-bók, f. register-book;
-brot, n. breach of ordinances;
-gørð, f. letter-writing;
-maðr, m. letter carrier, public courier;
-sveinn, m. letter-boy.
bréf-laust, adv. without a written document.
bregða (bregð; brá, brugðum; brugðinn), v. with dat. (1) to cause to move (quickly) b. sverði, knífi, to draw a sword, knife; b. fingri, hendi í e-t, to put (thrust) the finger, hand, into; hón brá hárinu undir belti sér, she put (fastened) her hair under her belt; b. kaðli um e-t, to pass a rope round a thing; b. augum sundr, to open the eyes; b. e-m á eintal, to take



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