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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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leiðinga-maðr, m. an easily led person (= leiðitamr maðr);
-samr, a. easily led, pliable (= leiðitamr).
leiðin-liga, adv. hideously;
-ligr, a. hideous (knoa ljót ok leiðinlig).
leiði-orð, n. pl. walking and talking with a person;
-tamr, a. easy to be led.
leið-mót, n. the leið meeting.
leiðr, a. loathed, disliked (l. e-m); e-m er e-t leitt, one dislikes a thing.
leið-rétta (-rétta, -réttr), v. to put right, mend, correct;
-rétting, f. setting right, correction;
-saga, f. guidance, direction, esp. piloting;
-sagari, m. guide, esp. pilot.
leiðsagnar-maðr, m. = leiðsagari.
leiðsla, f. (1) guidance, leading; (2) burial, interment.
leið-stafir, m. pl. loathsome runes.
leið-sögn, f. = leiðsaga.
leiðsögu-maðr, m. guide, pilot = leiðsagnarmaðr.
leið-togi, m. guide;
-vísi, f. knowing the course (on the sea).
leið-víti, n. = leiðarvíti.
leið-völlr, m. the field where the leið was held.
leifa (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to leave (food) over; to leave as heritage (hann leifði honum löng ok lausa-fé); (2) to leave behind, relinquish, abandon (þeir leifðu skipin í Raumsdal).
leifar, f. pl. (1) leavings, remnants, esp. of food; (2) effect, result (illa gefast ills ráðs leifar).
leiga (-ða, -ðr), v. to hire, rent; l. e-t at e-m, to hire from a person.
leiga, f. (1) hire, rent, opp. to ‘innstœða’ (capital); byggja fé á leigu, to let money out at interest; leggja leigu eptir höfn, to pay a harbour duty; (2) wages, pay (kallast hann engrar leigu makligr).
leig-lendingr, m. tenant.
leigu-ból, n. rented farm;
-fé, n. hired cattle;
-fœrr, a. fit to be hired out;
-land, n. rented land;
-lauss, a. rent free, without interest;
-liði, m. –maðr, m. tentant;
-mál, n. agrement as to rent, lease;
-prestr, m. hired priest, curate;
-staðr, m. a place where money is invested, investment.
leika (leik; lék, lékum; leikinn), v. (1) to play (við skulum nú l. fyrst); l. leik, to play a play; l. tveim skjöldum, to play a double game; l. at e-u, to play (amuse oneself) with (Katla sat ok lék at hafri sínum); l. at tafli, to play at chess; l. sér, to play (hann lék sér þá enn á gólfi með öðrum börnum); (2) to perform, of a feat or act of prowess (en ek hygg, at engi annarr fái þat leikit); (3) to move, swing, wave to and fro, hang loosely (l. á lopti); landit skalf sem á þræði léki, as if balanced on a string; (4) of flame, fire, water, waves, to play lightly about or over, lick (eldr tók at l. húsin); eldrinn lék skjótt, the fire spread fast; leikr hár hiti við himin sjálfan, the lofty blaze plays against the very heavens; fig., e-m leikr e-t í skapi (í mun), one feels inclined to, has a mind to (þat leikr mér í skapi at kaupa Íslandsfar); (5) to deal (hardly) with, to (ill-)treat (l. e-n illa, hart, sárt, sárliga); (6) to play a trick upon, delude, = l. á e-n (djöfullinn leikr þá alla); (7) to bewitch, esp. in pp. (maðr sá var leikinn af flagði einu); (8) with preps., l. á e-n, to play a trick upon (mjök hefir þú á oss leikit); fig., lék þat orð á, at, it was rumoured, that; e-m leikr öfund á, to envy; e-m leikr hugr á, to have a mind to; þar leikr minn hugr á, my mind is bent upon that; hón segir föður sínum um hvat at l. er, she told her father how things stood; l. e-n út, esp. in ppl., to ill-treat (konungr sér nú Áka, hversu hann er út leikinn); l. við e-n, to play with one; l. við, to continue (meinit hafð lengi við leikit); (9) refl., leikast, to be performed, done; ef þat má l., if this can be done; leikst á e-n, it goes against one, he gets the worst of it (mjök hefir leikizt á minn hluta); l. við, to play one against the other, play a match; höfðu þeir leikizt við barna leikum, meðan þeir vóru ungir, they had been playmates.
leika (pl. leiku), n. plaything, doll.
leika, f. (1) = leika, n.; (2) play-sister (vér vórum leikur vetr níu).
leikandi, f. (1) pulley; (2) sport, jest.



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