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'landnám'); (2) learning, study (er hann var at námi).
ná-mágr, m. a near relative by marriage (þeir eru tveir námágar).
nám-dúkr, m. a kind of cloth.
nám-girni, f. eagerness to learn;
-gjarn, a. eager to learn.
nám-kyrtill, m. a kirtle made of námdúkr (kona í svörtum -kyrtli).
ná-munda, prep. with dat. near to (vera, liggja, vita -munda e-u); vera í -munda, to be close by;
-mægð, f. near affinity.
nánd, f. neighborhood, nearness, proximity; koma í n. (or í nándir) e-u, to come near to.
nár (gen. nás, pl. náir, acc. nái, dat. nám), m. corpse, dead man; fölr sem n., pale as death; nýtr manngi nás, a corpse is good for nought; bjarga nám, to lend the last service to the dead; verða at ná, verða nár, to become a corpse.
nári, m. the groin.
ná-seta, f. sitting near, proximity;
-settr, pp. seated near;
-skyldr, a. closely related.
ná-strá, n. pl. 'corpse-straw'; liggja á nástrám, to lie dead (on straw);
-strönd, f. 'corse-strand', abode of the dead.
ná-stœðr, a. nearly related.
nátt (gen. -ar, nætr, pl. nætr), f. night, see 'nótt.'
nátta (að), v. (1) to pass the night; (2) to become night, grow dark (tók þá at n.); (3) impers., náttar e-n, one is benighted.
náttar-tími, m. night-time;
-þel, n. the darkest part of the night; á -þeli, at the dead of night.
nátt-ból, n. night-quarters;
drykkja, f. night-bout;
-far, n. travelling by night; fara dagfari ok -fari, to travel day and night;
-farar, f. pl. night-wanderings;
-fasta, f. night-fast;
-gisting, f. night-quarters;
-langt, adv. for the night (hvílast, sofa -langt);
-leikr, m. night-games;
-lengis, adv. = -langt;
-liga, adv. at night, in the night-time;
-ligr, a. nocturnal, nightly;
-mal, n. 'night-meal', about nine o' clock p.m.
náttmála-skeið, n. the time of 'náttmál';
-varða, f. a pyramid (cairn) intended to show the time of 'náttmál'.
nátt-messa, f. night-mass;
myrkr, n. darkness of night;
-serkr, m. night-shirt;
-seta, f. late hours;
-setja, v. to place for the night before burial;
-sól, f. nidnight sun;
-staðr, m. night-quarters;
-stefna, f. night-meeting;
-sæta (-tta, -ttr), v. = =setja;
-söngr, m. night-service in a church.
nátturðr, (gen. -ar), m. = náttverðr.
náttúra, f. (1) nature (eptir boði náttúrunnar); (2) (supernatural) virtue, power (fylgði þessu n. mikil); (3) pl., spirits, powers.
náttúraðr, pp. having a certain nature or virtue.
náttúr-liga, adv. according to nature, properly;
-ligr, a. proper, natural.
nattúru-bragð, n. natural character;
-gjöf, f. natural gift;
-gripr, m. an object possessed of some virtue;
-lög, n. pl. law of nature;
-steinn, m. a stone possessing special virtues.
nátt-vaka, f. sitting up at night, night-watch.
náttverðar-drykkja, f. drinking after supper;
-dvöl, f. stay during supper;
-eldi, n. entertainment for supper;
-mál, n. supper-time.
náttverðr, m. supper (fara til verðar);
-víg, n. man-slaughter during the night;
-þing, n. an assembly held by night.
náungi, náungr, m. neighbor.
ná-venzlaðr, a. closely related (by marriage);
-vera, f. presence;
-verandi, pr. p. present;
-vist, -vista, f. = -vera.
návistar- or návistu-maðr, m. companion, associate (tryggvir -menn).
ne, a negative particle (poet.) with a verb, (1) not; út þú ne kemr, thou comest not out; sól þat ne vissi, hvar hún sali átti, the sun knew not, etc; (2) ne einn, not one; lifa þeir ne einir þriggja tega manna, not one of those thirty men is left; ne einu sinni, not once; preceded by a negation, any = neinn vórum vér ekki mjök við búnir ne einum úfriði).

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