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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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-klippari, m. sheep-shearer;
-kví, f sheep-fold;
-kvöð, f. tax paid in sheep;
-leit, f. searching for sheep;
-maðr, m. shepherd;
-rétt, f. sheep-fold;
-skjól, n. shelter for sheep;
-slitr, n. shreds of sheep torn by a beast of prey;
-taka, f. sheep-stealing;
-tollr, m. tax paid in sheep;
-þjófr, m. sheep-stealer.
sauð-fé, n. sheep;
-fellir, m. death of sheep (from cold);
-fénaðr, m. = -fé;
-grös, n. pl. crop for sheep;
-hús, n. sheep-pen;
-lauss, a. sheepless.
sauðr (-ar, -ir), m. sheep.
sauð-reki, m. sheep-driver;
-vant, a. n., verðr -vant, a sheep is missing.
sauma (að), v. to sew (sátu þær þar ok saumuðu); to make by sewing (s. e-m klæði); s. e-t at e-u, to sew tight round; kyrtill svá þröngr, sem saumaðr væri at honum, a tunic as tight as though it were sewn on him.
saum-för, f. a row of nails in a ship's planking;
-lauss, a. without nails (aurskúar saumlausir).
saumr (-s, -ar), m. (1) nails, esp. of a ship; (2) plur., saumar, needle-work, sewing (sitja at saumum).
saum-skæri, n. pl. shears, scissors;
-stofa, f. sewing-room.
saup, n. butter-milk.
saur-fullr, a. filthy, dirty.
saurga (), v. to dirty, defile, pollute (s. völlínn í blóði).
saurgan, f. pollution, defilement.
saurigr (acc. saurgan), a. filthy, dirty (hafa hendr mjök saurgar).
saur-kvísl, f. dung-fork, = -mykikvisl;
-lifnaðr, m. = -lífi;
-ligr, a. filthy, unclean;
-lífl, n. lewdness, fornication, lechery, opp. to'breinlífi'.
saurlífis-kona, f. harlot;
-maðr, m. unchaste person, fornicator -,
-synd, f. the sin offornication.
saur-lifr, a. lewd, lecherous;
-mæli, n. filthy, foul language;
-pyttr, m. cesspool.
saurr, m. (1) mud (at engi s. støkkvi af hestum yðrum ok á konunginn); (2) dirt, excrements; ausast sauri á, to throw dirt at one another.
saurug-liga, adv. in a foul manner;
-ligr, a. foul, unchaste.
saurugr, a. = saurigr.
saur-yrði, n. pl. foul words, filthy language; cf. 'saurmæli.'
sautra (að), v. to suck through the teeth (s. vatn ór lófum).
sax, n. (1) a short, one-edged sword; (2) plur. söx, shears = - skxri; (3) the gunwale near the prow (Gunnarr hleypr þegar á saxit á skip Vandils); esp. in plur., söx, the forepart of a ship (sær féll inn um söxin).
saxa (að), v. to cut with a 'sax', to chop, hack (s. e-t í sundr).
Saxar, m. pl. Saxons, Germans.
Sax-elfr, f. the river Elbe;
-land, n. Germany.
sax-knifr, m. dagger, dirk.
sax-lenzkr, a., Saxon , German (saxneskr hertogi).
-neskr, a. Saxon, German (saxneskr hertogi).
sax-oddr, m. the point of a 'sax'.
sá (sú, þat), dem. pron. (1) with a subst. that (sá maðr, sú kona); sá maðr, er Sóti heitir, that (or the) man who is named S.; with the suff. art.; sú ein er sagan eptir, er ek þori eigi þér at segja, that story alone is left which I dare not tell thee; (2) such (varð sá fundr þeirra, at Egill felldi tvá menn); vil ek ok þat vita, hvárt nökkurr er sá hér, at, whether there be any (such) man here, who; (3) preceding the art. with an adj.; sá inn ungi maðr, that young man; hyrnan sú in fremri, the upper horn of the axe; sometimes leaving out the art. (sá ungi maðr; á þvi sama þingi); (4) without subst., almost as a pers. pron.; maðr la skamt frá honum, ok var sá eigi lítill, and he was no small man; þar ríðr maðr, sá hefir skjöld mikinn, he has a large shield; with the relative part.; sá er sæll, er he is lucky, that
sá (sæ or sái, sera or søra, later saða; sáinn, later sáðr), v. (1) to sow, with dat. (sá korni); (2) to sow, stock with seed, with acc. (flestir bœndr seru jarðir sínar); (3) fig. to throw broadcast, scatter, with dat. (sá gulli, silfri).
sáð, n. seed, corn, crop.
sáða-hleifr, m. bran loaf.
sáðir, f. pl. bran; hleifr þrunginn sáðum, a loaf mixed with bran.



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