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var greind í þrjár hálfuir); (2) lineage, kin (frjálsborinn í allar hálfur); (3) af e-s hálfu, on one's behalf; on one's part; af guðs hálfu ok lands-laga, on behalf of God and the law of the land.
half-bergrisi, m. half a giant;
-dauðr, a. half dead;
-ermaðr, pp. half-sleeved;
-fífl, n. half an idiot.
-fullr, a. half full;
-görr, a. only half, done, left half undone;
-kirkja, f. annex-church, chapel of ease;
-launat, pp. n. half rewarded;
-litr, a. of two colours, with a different colour on each side;
-ljóst, a. n., þá er -ljóst var, in the twilight;
-mörk, f. half a mark;
-nauðigr, a. half reluctant;
-nið, n. half a lampoon.
hálf-neytr, a. 'half-good'; þótti Birni eigi verr en -neytt, þó at, B. was out half-loath, though.
hálfr, a. (1) half; h. mánaðr, half a month, fortnight; til hálfs by a half; h. annar, þriði, fjórði, etc. one, two, three and a half; hálft annat hundrað, one hundred and a half; h. þriði tøgr manna, twenty-five men; (2) neut. 'hálfu', by half, with a comparative in an intensive sense, much, far; hálfu verri, far worse; hálfu meira, far more; hálfu siðr, far less.
half-risi, m. half a giant;
-róinn, pp. having rowed half the way;
-rými, n. half a 'rum' in a ship.
halfrýmis-félagar, m. pl. messmates in the same hálfrými;
-kista, f. a chest belonging to a hálfrými.
hálf-røkvit, a. n. half twilight;
-skiptr, pp. = -litr;
-troll, n. half a giant;
-tunna, f. half a tun;
-unninn, pp. half done;
-virði, n. half worth;
-þrítugr, a. aged twenty-five;
-þynna, f. a kind of small axe;
-œrinn, a. half sufficient;
-œrr, a. half mad (hann var hálf-œrr af drykkju).
háll, a. slippery (var hált á ísinum).
hál-leikr, m. slipperiness.
hálmr (gen. -s), m. straw, haulm (þeir lögðust þar niðr í hálm).
hálm-strá, n. haulm-straw;
-visk, n. wisp of straw;
-þúst, n. flail.
háls (gen. háls, pl. hálsar), m. (1) neck; taka höndum um h. e-m, to embrace one; beygja h. fyrir e-m, to bend the neck to one; liggia e-m á hálsi fyrir e-t, to reprove, blame one for; standa á hálsi e-m to put the foot on one's neck; (2) bow of a ship or boat (Hýmir reri í hálsinum fram); (3) the front-sheet (tack) of a sail; (4) the end of a rope; (5) the tip of a bow (hann dregr svá bogann, at saman þótti bera hálsana); (6) ridge, hill; (7) pl., góðir hálsar, good men! fine fellows!
hálsa, (að), v. (1) to embrace; (2) h. segl, to clew up the sail.
háls-bein, n. neck-bone;
-beina, n. neck-bone;
-björg, f. gorget;
-bók, f. a book to be hung from the neck;
-brotna (að), v. to break one's neck;
-brún, f. edge of a hill;
-digr, a. thick-necked;
-fang, n. embrace;
-gjörð, f. necklace;
-högg, n. stroke on the neck;
-höggva (see höggva), v. to behead;
-járn, n. neck-iron, iron collar;
-langr, a. long-necked;
-liðr, m. neck-joint;
-ljósta (see ljósta), v. to strike one on the neck;
-men, n. necklace;
-sár, n. neck wound;
-slag, n. = háls-högg;
-stefni, n. (1) throat; (2) part of a ship.
há-læti, n. shouting, noise;
-messa, f. high-mass;
-mælgi, f. loud talking.
há-mó, n. ankle-joint; only in the phrase, fara í há-mót (or -mótit) eptir e-m, to follow one closely, sneak along behind one.
há-mæli, n., fœra (bera) e-t í -mæli, to speak loud of;
-mæltr, pp. loud-voiced;
-nefjaðr, a. high-nosed;
-pallr, m. dais (in a hall).
hár (há, hátt), a. (1) high; á háfum fjöllum, in high mountains; hæri en, higher than; (2) tall (h. maðr vexti); (3) superl. at the highest pitch; meðan hæst væri vetrar, sumars, in the depth of winter, in the height of summer; (4) high, glorious; hæstu hátíðir, the highest feasts; (5) loud (h. brestr); mæla hátt, to speak loud; hón verðr há við, she becomes clamorous or excited.
hár (gen. hás, pl. háir), m. thole.
hár, n. hair (jarpr á h.).
hár, m. dog-fish.
hár-amr (= hár-hamr), m. the hairy side of a skin;
-bjartr, a. fair-haired.
há-reiðar, f. pl. rowlocks.
há-reysti, n. and f. noise, clamour;
-reystr, a. noisy, loud-voiced.
hár-fagir, a. fairhaired;
-ferð, f.

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