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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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ríki í Noregi undan Dana konungum);(4) horfinn, pp. (1) surrounded (bœrinn var h. mönnum); vera vel vinum h., to be well backed by friends; vel um horfit, in good condition (þar stóð naust ok var vel um horfit); (2) abandoned, forsaken; heillum h., forsaken by luck; sök h., having lost the suit; heraði h., bereft of a dwelling in the district.
hverfa (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to turn a thing (in a certain direction); h. e-m hugi (acc. pl.), to change a person's mind; (2) h. e-u um e-t. to enclose with a thing; vera. hverfðr útan um e-t, to encircle a thing.
hverfi, n. cluster of farms.
hverf-lyndi, n. fickleness;
-lyndr, a. fickle-minded.
hverfr, a. (1) shifty, changeable (h. hugr); (2) neut., hverft, quickly (fara h.; stýra h.).
hverf-ráðr, a. fickle, wavering.
hverfull, a. shifty, changeable.
hvergi, pron. (1) each, every one (hann lét sem hann eigi vissi, hvat h. talaði); (2) adding 'er' or 'sem', whosoever (h. er þá beiðir); hverngi veg sem (howsoever) hann vill svara.
hvergi, adv. (1) nowhere (hann undi h.); b. annars staðar, nowhere else; (2) by no means, not at all; vil ek h. ara, I shall not go at all; vera h. fœrr, to be quite unable to go; h. nær, far from it (h. nær allir); with compar. (Bergr var þess h. fúsari); alls h., nowhere at all.
hver-gætir, m. 'cauldron-keeper', cook (poet.).
hverigr, pron. = hvergi.
hvernig, adv. how (= hvern veg).
hvernin, adv. = hvernig.
hvernug
, adv. = hvernig.
hverr (-s, -ar), m. (1) kettle, cauldron; holtriða h., 'rock-cauldron', cave(2) hot spring (hverrinn var bæði heitr ok djúpr).
hverr, pron. (1) interrog., used both substantively and adjectively, who, which, what? hverjar ero þær meyjar? who are these maids ? h. á hestinn? who owns the horse? h. er þessi maðr? who is this man? hvern enda? what end? (2) indef. each, every one, as subst., with gen.; manna h., every man; fróðra h., every wise man; h. várr, each of us; as adj., h. every man; hverjan or hvern dag, every day; as adv., í hverju, moment (veðrit óx í hverju); (3) any (fyrir útan hverja hjálp); (4) with the relat. part. 'er' or 'sem', whosoever, whichever (þá skulu þeir þegar drepa hann h. sem hann er); (5) with another pron. or adj; h. at öðrum, one after another (hverja nótt eptir aðra); at öðru hverju, every now and then, hverir tveir, every two and two; þriðja hvert ár, every three years (= á hverjum þremr árum); hverr…every one ... his (hverr maðr í sínu rúmi); (6) relat. (rare), who, which.
hvers-dagliga, adv. (1) every day; (2) commonly, generally (eigi var hón margmælt -dagliga);
-dagligr a. (1) every day; (2) common.
hversdags-maðr, m. an every-day man, ordinary person.
hvers-konar, adv. of every kind -konar lund).
-kyrug, adv. of every kind -konar lund).
hversu, adv. how, = hvé.
hvert, adv. (1) whither, where (Gunnar sagði þeim, h. hann ætlaði); (2) h. er, whithersoever (h. er hann ferr).
hver-vetna, adv. everywhere (= hvarvetna).
hvessa. (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to sharpen, whet (h. spjót); h. augun á e-t, to look keenly or hard at; (2) to stir up, instigate; (3) impers., hvessir (acc.), it blows up a gale.
hvetja (hvet; hvatta, hvöttum; hvattr), v. (1) to whet, sharpen (h. sverð); (2) to encourage (siðan hvatti hann lið sitt); hvat hvatti þik hingat? what urged thee to come here ?
hviða, f. squall of wind.
hvika (), v. to quail, shrink, waver (= h. undan); impers., hví hvikar þér svá ? why art thou so slow?
hvikan, f. wavering.
hvik-saga, f. idle lale, slander
hvim-leiðr, a. loathsome, detested (-leiðr bæði trollum ok mönnum).
hvimsi, a. taken aback, discomfited (verða h. við).
hvinn, m. pilferer;
hvinnska f. larceny;
hvinnskr,
a. thievish.



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