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dans, m. (1) dance, dancing; (2) dance-tune; slá d., to strike up a dance-tune; (3) ballad (þeir gørðu um hann dansa marga).
dansa (að), v. to dance.
danaka, f. Danish (language).
danskr, a. Danish; dönsk tunga, the Danish (or old Scandinavian) language.
dans-leikr, m. dance, dancing.
dapi, m. pool, puddle, a nickname.
dapr (acc. dapran), a. downcast, sad; of things, dreary (d. dagr, daprar nætr, döpr heimkynni).
daprast (að), v. refl. to become faint; dapraðist honum sundit, the swimming became difficult for him.
dapr-eygðr, a. weak-sighted.
-ligr, a., dismal, sad; daprlig ásjóna, a sad look; daprlig kona, a dismal-looking woman; daprligir draumar, dismal dreams.
darr, n. spear, dart.
darraðr, (gen. -ar), m.= -darr; vefr darraðar, web of spears, woof of war.
dasaðr, pp. weary and exhausted (from cold or bodily exertions).
dasast (að), v. refl. to become weary and exhausted.
datta (að), v. to throb; dattaði hjarta hans við, his heart sank.
dauða-bönd, m. pl. (1) bonds of death; (2) wrappings for the dead, winding sheet;
-dagr, m. death day, dying day.
-dómr, n. sentence of death;
-drep, n. plague;
-dreyri, m. blood of death;
-drukkinn, pp. dead drunk;
-drykkr, m. deadly draught;
-dvól, f. delay of one's death;
-dœgr, n. death day;
-dœmdr, pp. doomed to death;
-fleinn, m. deadly shaft;
-fylgja, f. 'death-fetch'; an apparition boding one's death;
-jörd, f. hell, opp. to 'jörð lifandi manna', 'udáinsakr', paradise;
-kraptr, m. deadly power;
-kvöl, f. death-pang;
-kyn, n. manner of death;
-litr, m. colour (pallor) of death;
-maðr, m. a man doomed to death; vilja hafa e-n at -manni, to seek his life;
-mark, n. sign of death;
-mein, n. mortal disease;
-net, n. the net of death (drauga -net at e-m);
-orð, n. = banaorð; segja -orð e-s. to relate one's death;
-pina, f. capital punishment (þola -pínu);
-ráð, n. the planning of a person's death, = banaráð;
-róg, n. deadly slander;
-skattr, m. tribute of death;
-skellr, m. death-blow; á næsta dag eptir datt honum -skellr, he was surprised by death;
-skuld, f. the debt of nature (gjalda -skuld);
-slag, n. death-blow; veita e-m -slag, to strike one dead;
-slig, n. deadly strain (of the muscles or tendons, of a horse);
-snara, f. snare of death;
-sonr, m.=-maðr;
-steytr, m. -slag;
-stingr, m. deadly thrust; setja e-m -sting, to kill one;
-stund, f. hour of death;
-svefn, m. deadly swoon, fatal sleep;
-sverð, n. fatal sword;
-sök, f. (1) cause of one's death; (2) matter of death, a deed deserving death;
-tákn, n. token of death;
-útlegð, f. penalty of death:
-verk, n.= -sök 2.
dauð-dagi, m. death, manner of death:
-drukkinn, pp. = dauðadrukkinn;
-fœrandi, pr. p. death-bringing, deadly, (-fœranda gras, eitr).
dauði, m. death; taka dauða, to meet one's death, die; d. ferr á e-n, one is surprised by death; draga e-m til dauða, to cause one's death; sá vegr, er til dauða dregr, that leads to death; liggja fyrir dauðanum, to be dying or on the point of death.
dauð-leikr, m. (1) deadness, lifeless-ness; (2) the state of being mortal, mortality;
-liga, adv. mortally;
-ligr, a. (1) deadly, fatal (-ligr harmr, -lig synd, -ligt eitr); (2) liable to death, mortal (-ligr maðr).
dauðr (gen. dauðs), m. = dauði (drepa, brenna, e-n til dauðs).
dauðr, a, (1) dead; verða, vera, d., to become dead, die; falla niðr d., to drop down dead; ganga d., to reappear (of ghosts), = ganga aptr; (2) inanimate (dautt fé, opp.to 'kvikfé').
dauð-staddr, a. dying, at the point of death;
-strá, n. pl., in the phrase, liggja á -strám, to be dying (cf. 'líkstrá', 'nástrá');
-vána, a. indecl. = dauðvænn 2;
-vænn, a. (1) deadly, fatal (-vænn drykkr); (2) sinking

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