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aptr af e-u, to abstain from; (6) to hold, consider, deem (hón hélt engan hans jafningja); (7) to hold, keep up; h. varnir, to keep up a defence; h. vörð, to keep watch; (8) to hold, compel, bind (heldr mik þá ekki til útanferðar); þó heldr þik várkunn til at leita á, thou hast some excuse for trying; III. with preps., h. á e-u, to hold, wield in the hand (h. á sverði); to hold to a thing, go on with it, be busy about (h. á drykkju, á ferð sinni, á sýslu); h. e-t af e-m, to hold (land, office) from or of one (þeir er höfðu haldið land af Danakonungi); h. mikit af e-m, to make much of one; h. eptir e-m, to pursue one; h. e-u eptir, to keep back; h. sik frá e-u, to keep oneself back from, refrain from; h. e-u fram, to uphold, support; h. e-u fyrir e-u, to withhold from one; to protect against (héldu engar grindr fénu fyrir birninum); h. e-n fyrir e-t, to hold, consider one to be so and so (síðan hélt konungr Erling fyrir tryggvan vin); h. í e-t, to hold fast, grasp (þú skalt h. í hurðarhringinn); h. til e-s, to be the cause of, be conducive to; heldr þar margt til þess, there are many reasons for this; hélt til þess (conduced to it) góðgirni hans; h. til e-s, to be bent on, fond of (h. mjök til skarts, til gleði); h. til jafns við e-n, to bear up against one, to be a match for one; h. um e-t, to grasp with the hand (= h. hendi um e-t); h. barni undir skírn, to hold at baptism; h. e-u upp, to hold aloft, lift (h. upp höndum); h. upp árum, to hold up the oars, cease pulling; to uphold, maintain, support (h. upp hofum, kristninni); to keep going (h. upp bardaga); to discharge (h. upp kostnaði, bótum); b. upp bœnum fyrir e-m, to pray for one; h. e-u við, to maintain a thing; h. við e-m, to stand against (hvar sem harm kom fram, hélt ekki við honum); impers. to be on the point of; hélt þá við atgöngu (acc.), they were near coming to fight; heldr nú við hót, it is little short of threats; IV. refl. , haldast, to hold oneself, stay (mátti hann eigi þar h.); to hold out, continue, last (hélzt vinátta með þeim); to be kept safe and sound; mennallir héldust (all hands were saved) ok svá fé; to be valid, stand (engi má h. dómr hans); h. á, to pull one against another, wrestle, fight; impers., e-m helzt vel (illa) á e-u, one has good (bad) luck with a thing (mér helzt lítt á sauðamönnum); h. við, to stay, remain; h. við e-m, to resist, make a stand against one (hélzt þá ekki við honum).
hald-góðr, a. lasting, durable.
haldinn, pp. (1) in such and such a state; vel h., in good condition, well to do, doing well; þungliga h., very ill; (2) satisfied with (Hrani sagðist ekki af því h. vera); (3) heilu ok höldnu, safely, safe and sound.
haldin-orðr, a. discreet, close;
-yrði, n. discreetness.
hald-kvæmast (d), v. refl. to avail, be of use to (-kvæmast e-m).
- kvæmd, f. convenience, comfort;
-kvæmiligr, a. convenient
-kvæmr, a. convenient, useful;
-samr, a. holding close; vera -samr á e-u, to keep it close;
-semi, f. (1) fast holding; (2) closeness, stinginess.
hali, m. tail; leika (veifast um) lausum hala, to play with a loose tail, to be unrestrained; bera brattan halann, to cock up the tail, to be proud; draga eptir sér halann, to drag the tail, to play the coward.
halla, (að), v. (1) to incline or turn sideways, with dat. (h. keri, skipi); (2) to sway to the wrong side (= h. til um. e-t); h. sögu, to give an unfair report; h. nökkurum orðum til, to let fall a few words; h. eptir e-m, to be biassed in one's favour; h. sér, to lean with one's body; impers. to lie over, with dat. (hallaði honum svá, at sjór féll inn á annat borð); sólu hallar, the sun sinks; vetri hallar, the winter is declining; tafli hallar á e-n, the game turns against one; (3) to slope (hann skildi eigi fyrr við þá en hallaði af norðr); (4) refl., hallast, to lean with the body; to lie over (þá tók mjök at h. Ormrinn); á þá hallaðist bardaginn, the battle turned against them; h. eptir e-u, to sway towards a thing.
hallar-búnaðr, -búningr, m. hang-

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