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fast, past all hope;
-yfli, n. lifeless thing, carcass.
dauf-heyrast (ð), v. refl. to turn a deaf ear to (við e-t);
-heyrðr, a. turning a deaf ear to (við e-t);
-leikr, m. slothfulness, sloth;
-ligleikr, m. dullness;
-ligr, a. lonely, dull (þótti honum daufligt).
daufr, a. deaf (dumbir ok daufir).
daunaðr, a., illa d., evil-smelling.
daun-mikill, a. having a strong (bad) smell.
daunn, m. bad smell, opp. to 'ilmr'.
daun-semd, f. stench, stink.
daunsna (að), v. to smell (sniff) at.
dauss, m. the two at dice, duece; kasta daus ok ás, to throw deuce-ace.
dá (dái, dáða, dáðr), v. to admire (dáðu menn mjök dans hans); refl., dást at e-m, to admire one.
dá, n. trance, senseless state (falla í dá liggja í dái).
dáð, f. (1) deed; drýgja d., to do a daring deed; (2) valour, energy (ef nökkur d. er í þér); (3) merit, virtue (syndalauss ok allra dáða fullr).
dáða-fullr, a. deedfull;
-lauss, a. voloptuous, sensual.
dáð-lauss, a. inactive, sluggish, spiritless;
-leysi. n. dastardliness;
-leysingi (pl. -jar), m. a good for nothing, worthless person;
-rakkr, a. valiant, doughty;
-semi, f. bravery;
-vandr, a. virtuous.
dáendi or dáindi, n. (1) excellence; (2) admiration; (3) miracle.
dá-leikar, m. pl. intimacy.
dá-liga, adv. badly;
-ligr, a. bad, evil; poor, wretched.
dálkr, m. (1) a pin (to fasten a cloak with); (2) dagger.
dámaðr a. tasted flavoured, (þat er dámat allíkt mungáti).
dám-góðr, a. well-flavoured.
dámr, m. flavour (illr d.).
dánar-arfr, m. inheritance from one deceased;
-dagr, m., -dœgr, n. day of death;
-fé, n. = -arfr.
dár, n. scoff; draga d. at e-m, to make game or jest of one, to ridicule one; cf. 'dára'.
dár, a., scarcely used except in the neut., 'dátt,' (1) e-m verðr dátt við e-t, one is startled at a thing (við þau tíðendi varð honum svá dátt, sem hann væri steini lostinn); (2) e-m verðr dátt um e-t, one is pleased with a thing; svá var dátt með þeim, at, they were on such friendly terms that; gera sér dátt við e-n, to be very familiar with one; þá var nú í dátt efni komit, they had come to be good friends.
dára (að), v. (1) to mock, make sport of one, with acc.; (2) to impose upon one; d. e-t af e-m, to cheat one out of a thing.
dára-samligr, a. foolish;
-skapr, m. (1) scoff, mockery; gøra -skap at e-u, to make sport of; (2) imposition, fraud.
dári, m. fool, buffoon.
dáru-skapr, m. = dáraskapr.
dá-sama (að), v. to admire; -samandi, admirable;
-samliga, adv. admirably, wonderfully;
-samligr, a. admirable, wonderfull;
-semd, f. (1) admiration; (2) marvellous glory;
-semi, f. = -semd.
dási, m. sluggard.
dá-vænn, a. very pretty.
deging, f. drawn, drawing.
degradera (að), v. degrade, dismiss (d. e-n af vígslu).
deig, n. dough.
deigja (-ða, -ðr), v. to make soft, to weaken.
deigja, f. servant-maid, dairy-maid (deigja eðr önnur hjún).
deigr, a. (1) soft, of metal; (2) timid, cowardly.
deila (-da, -dr), v. (1) to divide into parts; sú á, er deilir með jötna sonum grund ok með goðum, that river which parts the giants and the gods; alit þat land, er vatnsföll deila til sjófar, of which the rivers form the boundaries down to the sea; vildi H. bæði kjósa ok d., H. would both choose and deal (viz. divide the catch in shares and choose for himself the share he liked best); láta e-n kjósa ok d., to give one an arbitrary power in a case; with dat. (hversu má keisarinn d. sér í tvá staði); (2) to deal out, apportion, allot; deildr

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