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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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we shall stay nearly a week; (4) in accordance with, in conformity to (n. ætla ek þat lögum Íra); (5) near the truth (máttu nú n. gæta, hvar beina okkarra er at leita); (6) compar., nearer = nærr (ver eigi n. honum en mál nemi); fitter (væri n. miklu, at); (7) adv., when, = hve n. (n. skal mér þat ömbuna? sagði B.); B. spurði, n. þeir mundu aptr koma, when they would be coming back.
nærgi, adv., n. er, n. sem, whensoever (n. er launat verðr).
nær-gætr, a. guessing near the truth;
-göngull, a. (1) vera -göngull e-m, to be near about one's person; (2) troublesome, importunate;
-hendis, adv. near at hand.
næri, adv. near, = nærri.
næri-kominn, pp. entitled to;
-kona, f. mid-wife;
kváma, f. coming near;
kvæmr, a. (1) coming near to, close; (2) that concerns a person (þetta mál er mér miklu nauðsynligra ok -kvæmara);
-kœmr, a. accurate.
nærr, adv. compar. nearer, answering to 'nær', near.
nærri, adv. near, nearer, = nær.
nærri, a. compar. (answering to superl. 'næstr'), nearer; more entitled to (þótt þær sé n. arfi).
nær-spár, a. prophesying true;
-sýnn, a. short-sighted;
-vera, f. presence;
-verandi, pr. p. present.
næst, adv. superl. (1) nearest, next; n. Skotlandi, nearest to Scotland; því n., þessu n., þar n., next to that, thereafter, thereupon; (2) last (er nú úhœgra en n. þá er ek beidda); (3) nearest the truth (vil ek, at þér reynit, hverir munu n. sét hafa).
næsta, adv. (1) nearly, almost (urðu göngumenn n. at gjalti); (2) rather, very (n. gamall, glaðr).
næsta, f. the last time, only in dat. with the art., næstunni.
næsta-brœðra, f. a female second cousin;
-brœðri, -brœðrungr, m. a male second cousin.
næstr, a. superl. (1) next; Hrútr sat hit næsta honum, sat next him; tók Hrafn lögsögu n. Úlfljóti, next after U.; hinn næsta vetr, the next winter; (2) next preceding (hann hafði sekr orðit it næsta sumar); næsta sinni, the last time; (3) nearest in point of right or title, best entitled to (vér erum næstir sigrinum).
næstum, adv. next before, the last time (svá skildum vér n.).
nætr-, gen. from 'nátt', 'nótt';
-ból, n. = náttból;
-elding, f. dawn;
-ferðir, f. pl. night wanderings;
-friðr, m. peace, truce during the night;
-gestr, m. night-guest;
-gisting, f. night-lodging;
-greiðing, f. - -greiði;
-langt, adv. during one night;
-ligr, a. nocturnal;
-skemtan, f. night-enjoyment;
-vist, f. night-quarters (þau báðu sér þar -vistar).
-nættr, a., in compds., as 'einnætr'.
nœfr, a. clever, skilled.
nœgð, f. plenty, abundance.
nœgja (-ði, -t), v. to be enough, suffice; impers., e-m nœgir, it is sufficient for one; refl., nœgjast, to suffice (nœgðist honum eigi allr heimr).
nœra (-ða, -ðr), v. to nourish, refresh; refl., nœrast, to assume fresh vigour, recover, rally (nœrðist hón svá sem frá leið).
nœring, f. nourishment, food, sustenance (líkams nœring).
nöf (gen. nafar, pl. nafar and nafir), f. (1) nave of a wheel; (2) the pole of the world; (3) esp. pl. clasps, rings (by which the projecting ends of beams at the corneres of walls were held together).
nökkur, adv. somewhere, anywhere.
nökkurnig (= nökkurn veginn), adv. in some way.
nökkurr, indef. pron. (1) any, anybody (fyrst vill hann spyrja, ef n. er fróðr maðr inni); after a negative (á øngum bœ fannst n. maðr); (2) opp. to 'engi', some (þeir fengu nöllira njósn af ferð Ástríðar); neut., nökkut, something, somewhat, anything (ef þér þykkir n. veitt í lígjöf þinni); hann spurði, ef þar væri n. manna, he asked if there were any men there; nökkurs til þungr, somewhat (rather) too heavy; svá nökkuru (nökkvi)



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