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rabba (að), v. to babble, prate.
raddaðr, pp. having a voice of a certain tone (vel, illa r.).
raddar-grein, f. articulation; -stafr, m. vowel;
-tól, n. organ of speech.
radd-lit, n. band of singers;
-matr, m. a man with (great) vocal þowers.
raf, n. amber;
-band, n. necklace of amber beads.
rafr (pl. -ir), m. the amber-like fat and fins of a halibut.
raggatar-klæði, n. pl. shaggy clothes. Cf. 'rögg'.
rag-mennska, f. cowardice;
-mæli, n. ignominious calumny, charging one with ragmennska.
ragna (að), v. to imprecate, invoke uþon one (r. e-t at e-m).
ragna-, gen. from 'regin';
-rök, n. pl. the doom or destruction of the gods; the last day, the end of the world;
-røkkr, n. the twilight of the gods, world's end.
ragr, a. (1) craven, cowardly (bið þú þá, ef þú ert eigi r.); (2) emasculate, effeminate; = argr (þegi þú, rög vættr).
rag-skapr, m. (1) dastardliness, cowardice; (2) vile effeminacy.
rak, n. wick of a candle.
rak, n.; pl. rök , rakings of hay.
raka (að), v. (1) to sweeþ away (G, rakaði mýinu brott með hendi sinni); (2) to rake (r. hey, ljá, töðu); r. upp hey, to rake it uþ into cocks (tók hón eigi at r. upp, þótt þat væri mælt); r. saman fé, to rake money together; (3) to shave (r. sik, r. skegg sitt).
rak-hlauþ, n. a straight run.
rakka-hjórtr, m. þoet. 'parrel-hart,' shiþ;
-vig, n. dogfight.
rakki, m. (1) dog; (2) naut., parrel.
rakk-látr. a. bold, brave; -1æti, n. boldness, courage.
rakkr, a. erect (þú heldr nökkuru rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu).
rak-leið, f. a straight course (fara -leið norðr til Björgynjar);
-leitt, a. n. straight, direct (þeir sigldu -leitt norðr til bœjarins).
rakna (að), v. (1) to be unwound, unwind itself ( þráðrinn raknaði af hörhnoða); láta r. hendr sínar af e-u, to loosen one's grasp of; (2) to be paid back, restored, discharged (enda verða at r. leigurnar allar fyrst); láta e-t r., to give it up; (3) r. við, to recover one's senses, come to oneself (þorsteinn raknaði skjótt við).
ramm-aukínn, pp. very powerful (as a wizard);
-bygðr, pp. strong-built;
-byggiliga, adv. strongly;
-görr, a. strong-built, very strong;
-hugatr. a. strong of mind; -liga, adv. strongly (binda -liga);
-ligr, a. strong (-ligr skíðgarðr).
rammr, a. (1) strong, of bodily strength (r. at afli); við ramman er reip at draga, it is pulling a rope against a strong man; (2) mighty, powerful (rammar vættir); (3) bitter, biting, opp. to 'sœtr'.
ramm-skiþaðr, pp. strongly manned.
rang-dœma (-da, -dr), v. to judge unjustly;
-dœmi, n. unjust sentence;
-eygr, a. squint-eyed;
-fenginn, pp. got by iniquity, wrongly got.
rangindi, n. pl. unfair dealings, injustice (gøra, þola, rangindi); með rangindum, wrongfully.
rang-látr, a. unrighteous, unjust;
-leikr, m. = ranglæti.
-liga, adv. wrongly;
-ligr, a. wrong;, unjust;
-læti, n. injustice, unrighteousness (illgirni ok ranglæti).
-semi, f. unrighteousness.
ranglætis-maðr, m. unrighteous man;
-verk, n. unjust deed.
rangr, a. (1) wry, crooked, opp. to rétr'; (2) wrong (telja þat rangt, er rétt et, en þat rétt er rangt er); neut. 'rangt', as adv. wrongly, in a wrong way (stefna rangt); at röngu, með röngu, wrongfully.
rang-sáttr, a. disagreeing, at variance;
-settr, pp. misplaced;
-snúa (see snúa), v. (1) to distort, pervert; (2) to misrepresent;
-sýni, f. wrong view;
-sýnn, a. erring in judgment;
-sœlis, adv. against the sun, = and-sœlis (nú gengr þ. -sœlis um bœinn);
-sœri, n. false oath, perjury;
-trúaðr, a. heretic;
-turna (að), v. = -snúa;

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