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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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(nest);
-lok, n. pl. 'the end of the provisions', only in the phrase, at -lokum, at last, finally.
net (gen. pl. netja), n. net, fishing-net (žeir fara til netja).
netja (), v. to net, entangle.
netja, f. caul, omentum.
net-lög, n. pl. 'net-layings', a place where nets are spread;
-nęmr, a. that may be caught in a net;
-žinull, m. net-line, edge-rope of a net.
neyš, f. distress, = nauš.
neyša (-dda, -ddr), v. to force, compel (n. e-n til e-s).
neyta (-tta, -ttr), v. (1) to use, make use of, with gen. (koma num žar, at vér munum žess n.); (2) to consume; n. matar, to eat; (3) with acc.; margs kyns vįpn, mį žau vel n. į skipi, they may well be used in ships; (4) with preps., n. af e-u, to eat of it (n. af žvķ opt); n. e-t upp, to consume, waste (žeir er alla peninga sķna neyta upp ķ ofįti ok ofdrykkju).
neyti, n. use, profit = not (hafa bęši jarškost fjallanna ok žó n. af sjónum).
neyti, n. company (n. hefir sį er nķtjįn menn fylgja).
neytingar-vatn, n. water for domestic use.
neytr, a. good, fit for use (vįpn žau, sem neyt eru); of persons, good, useful (Kolbeinn féll ok margir ašrir neytir menn).
neyzla, f. (1) use; (2) nourishment.
nezla, f. button-loop.
neztr, a. superl. nethermost, lowest, undermost; cf. 'nešri'.
niš, n. pl. the waning moon; the time before new moon; Mįni stżrir göngu tungls ok ręšr nżjum ok nišum, and rules its waxing and waning.
niša-myrkr, n. pitch-darkness; -myrkar var į, it was pitch-dark.
nišar, f. pl. = niš.
niš-gjöld, n. pl. weregild.
nišjungr (-s, -ar), m. descendant (nišr ok n.); cf. 'įttnišjungr'.
nišmyrkr, n. = nišamyrkr.
nišr (-s, pl. nišjar, ancestors., acc. niši, gen. nišja), m. son, kinsman, relative.
nišr, adv. (1) down (hann féll daušr n.); setjast n., to sit down; fœra n. korn, to sow corn; (2) of direction without motion, down, downward (n. ok noršr liggr helvegr).
nišra (), v. (1) to put down, lower (n. e-m or e-u); (2) to abase, humble.
nišran, f. degradation, shame.
nišr-bjśgr, a. bent downward;
-brot, n. destruction;
-brotari, m. destroyer;
brotning, f. = -brot.
nišrbrots-mašr, m. destroyer.
nišr-drįttr, m. dragging down;
-fall, n. (1) downfall; (2) dropping of a case (handsala mér -fall at sökinni); (3) loss (hann virši sér žat mikit -fall vera, er žį var slķks manns viš mist); (4) decay, ruin.
nišrfalls-sótt, f. epilepsy.
nišr-ganga, f., -gangr, m. descent.
nišri, adv. (1) down, in a low position; undir žiljum n., down in the hull; viš sjó n., down at the sea; down, under the surface of water (konungr fœrši hann žegar ķ kaf ok hélt honum n. lengi); below the horizon (mešan lönd eru n.); žeir skošušu hann uppi ok n., up and down, all over; (2) undir n., below, down (undir n. ķ dalnum); secretly (hann elskaši ašra konu undir n.).
nišri-vist, f. remaining under water.
nišr-lag, n. (1) end, conclusion; (2) slaughtering for household use var žar betri einn saušr til -lags en tveir annars stašar);
-leitr, a. down-looking, downcast;
-lok, n. pl. end, conclusion;
-setja (see setja), v. to put down, suppress;
-setning, f. burial;
-stiga, f., -stigning, f. descent.
nišrstigningar-saga, f. the story of the descent into hell.
nišr-taka, f. pulling down;
-varp, n. overthrow (meš órgurligu -varpi);
-vķšr, a. wide beneath.
nifl-, mist, fog, only in compds.;
-farinn, pp. gone towards the dark, dead;
-heimr, m. the dark home, the abode of the dead;
-hel, f. the lower hell;
-vegr, m. path of darkness.
nipt, f. female relative, sister (poet.).
nist, n. brooch, pin.
nista (-sta, -str), v. (1) to pin, nail fast, esp. to pin with a weapon (žį var hann skotinn gaflaki ķ óstinn ok nistr



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