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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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ein-faldr, a. (1) simple; single; (2) weak in intellect, silly; (3) plain, common (einfaldr bóndi);
-farar, f. pl. walking-alone;
-feldi, f. simplicity, weak intellect;
-feldr, a. bent on one thing, resolute;
-ferðir, f. pl.= -farar; -fyndr, a. (1) belonging to the finder alone (hvalr einfyndr); (2) as finder entitled to the whole (einfyndr at hval);
-fœrr, a. able to go alone;
-fœtingr, m. one-legged man;
-fœttr, pp. one-legged;
-för, f., see -farar.
einga, a. indecl. only, single; e. barn, only child; e. vinr, only friend, intimate friend.
ein-ganga, f. solitary walk; ganga eingöngu, to walk alone;
-getinn, pp. only begotten;
-hama, a. indecl., -hamr, a. single-shaped, opp. to 'hamrammr'; Þrándr var kallaðr eigi einhamr, Th. was thought to be a werewolf;
-harðr, a. = einarðr;
-hendis, adv. straight, off-hand;
-hendr, a. one-handed;
-herjar, m. pl. the dead warriors (in Valhalla) sing., einheri, great champion (of Thor);
-hjal, n. private talk (between two);
-hleypingr, m., -hleypismaðr, m. single person without hearth or home;
-hleypr, a. single, unmarried:
-hlitr, a. fully sufficient, adequate (til e-s, to); látt sér e-t einhlítt, to rest satisfied with; vera sér einhlítr, not to need the help of others;
-hugaðliga, adj., unanimously;
-hugi, a. wholly intent on e-t);
-hugsa (), v. to make up one's mind;
-hverfa
(-ða, -ðr), v. to turn a thing in one direction; einhverfa ætlan sína fyrir sér, to decide upon doing a thing;
-hverfr, a. determined;
-hverr, pron., see 'einnhverr'; einhvers staðar, somewhere;
-hyrndr, a. one-horned;
-hyrningr, m. unicorn.
einigr, a. (1) any; (2) no,= engi.
eining, f. unity (þrennr í einingu).
einir (gen. einis), m. juniper.
ein-járnungr, m. a cutting tool or weapon made of one piece of iron.
einka, (), v. to appoint for a particular use (einka e-t til e-s).
einka-, in compds., special, particular;
-gjöf, f. special gift;
-grið, n. special truce;
-gripr, m. special family heirloom;
-jartegn, n. special token;
-leyfi, -lof, n. special lease;
-maðr, m. a person of special rank, dignitary;
-mál, n. (1) special agreement; (2) privilege.
einkan-liga, adv. especially, particularly;
-ligr, a. special, extraordinary.
ein-kanna (), v.= einka, to assign specially.
einkanna-hlutr, m. a distinguishing mark or feature.
einkar, adv. very, exceedingly (e. fagr, hræddr); e. mjök, very much e. skjótt, with great speed; e. vel, extremely well; in compds. with nouns = einka-;
-eðli, n. special nature;
-nafn, n. proper name;
-skriptargangr, m. special confession.
einka-stæla, f. particular or personal happiness;
-vinr, m. a particular friend.
ein-kenna (-da, -dr), v. to furnish with a distinctive mark, disinguish, signalize;
-kenniligr, a. especial, particular;
-kenning, f. distinction.
einkum, adv. (1) chiefly, especially; (2) very (e. góðr, e. bezt).
ein-kunn, f. mark of ownership (on animals);
-kvæntr, pp. having only one wife;
-kynna (-da, -dr), v. to mark (animals);
-lagi, a., vera, gerast einlagi um e-t, to act alone in a thing;
-lát, n. deserting one's wife or husband (cf. 'láta konu eina');
-leikr, m. unity;
-leitr, a. singular in one's behaviour, odd;
-litr, a. of one colour;
-lyndi, n. obstinacy, stubbornness;
-lyndr, a. obstinate, stubborn;
-læti, n. (1) = einlyndi; (2) = -lát; ætla konu einlæti, to intend to desert one's wife;
-máll, a. opinionated;
-man, n. solitude; búa í einmani, to live in solitude;
-mana, a. indecl. solitary lonely, friendless.
einmánaðar-samkváma, f. a meeting held in 'einmánaðr'.
ein-mánaðr, m. the last month of winter (part of March and April);
-mani, a. = -mana;
-menningr, m., drekka einmenning, to empty the



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