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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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there is less appeal to (less worth in) him than folks say; (4) a narrow dark passage, running along the wall of the ancient hall (gekk hann inn ok í s., er var um eldahúsit).
Skotar, m. pl. the Scots (Skota jarl).
skot-bakki, m. 'shooting-bank' butts (fóru þeir í -bakka ok vöndust við skot);
-eldr, m. Greek fire (?)
-eygr, a. restless of eye;
-fé, n. = -hlutr;
-fimi, f. skill in archery;
-fœri, n. shot-range; koma í fœri, to come within shot; liggja í fœrum við, to be within bow-shot;
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fœrr, a. skilful as an archer;
-henda, -hending, f. half rhyme;
-hendr, a. composed in the metre -henda;
-hlutr,
m. shooter's share;
-hrið, f. shower of missiles;
-hvalr, m. a dead whale with a harpoon in it;
-maðr, m. shooter, harpooner;
-mál, n. range; langt -mál, a long range; koma í -mál, to come within range;
-peningr. m. pocket-money, subsistence-money.
skotra (að), v. to shove, push, with dat. (berserkinir, skotruðu Gretti).
skot-silfr, n. = -peningar;
-spánn,
m. target; hafa e-n at skotspæni, to make a butt of one.
skotta (að), v. to move to and fro (jarl lét s. við skip sín, ok Iagði ekki at sinni til orrustu).
skot-teinn, m. a stick used as a mark;
-vagn, m. catapult;
-vápn, n. missile;
-vöndr, m. a wand to be shot;
-yrði, n. pl. scoffs, taunts.
skozkr, a. Scottish, Scotch.
skó-broddr, m. ice-spur (vera á -broddum);
-fót, n. pl. shoes.
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skógar-björn, m. wood-bear, common bear;
-braut, f. forest-path;
-brenna, f. forest-fire;
-búi, m. a dweller near a wood;
-dýr, n. wood deer;
-gata, f. forest-path;
-geit, f. wood-goat, wild goat
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háls, m. wooded neck or ridge;
-horn, n. = -nef;
-hunang, n. wild honey;
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högg, n. tree-fellng;
-kjarr, n. brush-wood;
-maðr, m. outlaw;
-nef, n. out-skirt of a wood;
-rjóðr, n. clearing in a wood;
-runnr, m. thicket;
-skipti, n. division of a wood;
-spell, n. damage done to a wood;
-súra, f. wood-sorrel, cuckoo's meat;
-ull, f. cotton;
-vöndr, m. wand from the forest;
-øx, f. wood-axe.
skóg-barn, n. 'wood-bairn';
-bjarn, m. wood-bear;
-gangr, m. outlawry.
skógangs-maðr, m. outlaw, = -skógarmaðr;
-stefna, f. trial for outlawry;
-sök, f. a case or suit involving outlawry;
-þýfi, n. theft punishable with outlawry.
skóg-land, n. wood-land;
-lauss, a. woodless;
-óttr, a. wooded, woody.
skógr (-ar, -ar), m. wood, forest (var þá s. milli fjalls ok fjöru); fara í skóg; to go foresting; stefna e-m til skógar, to summon a person with intent to outlaw him; leysa e-n ór skógi, to free one from outlawry.
skóg-vaxinn, pp. overgrown with wood;
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vöndr: m. = skógar-vöndr.
skó-klæði,
n. shoes, = -föt.
skóla-bróðr, m. school-fellow;
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klerkr, m. scholar;
-meistari, m. school-master;
-nafn, n. school nickname;
-sveinn, m. schoolboy.
skó-lauss, a. shoeless, barefoot.
skóli, m. school (þeir váru báðir saman í skóla).
skó-nál, n. cobblers needle.
skór (gen. skós, pl. skúar, later skór), m. (1) shoe; kippa skóm á fœtr sér, to pull on one's shoes; leysa skúa af e-m, to untie a person's shoes; (2) horse-shoe (þótt skúarnir hryti undan hestum þeira).
skó-smiðr, m. 'shoe-smith', shoemaker;
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sveinn, m. waiting-man, servant;
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vátr, a. wet on the shoes, wet-footed;
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þvengr, m. shoe-string, latchet (skúfaðir skóþvengir).
skraddari,
m. tailor.
skraf, n. chat, talk.
skrafa (), v. to prate, chat; recipr., skrafast við, to talk together.
skraf-finnr, m. chatterbox.
-karl, m. chatterbox.
skrap, n. (1) clattering; (2) chat, tittle-tattle: (3) lumber, trumpery.
skrapa, (), v. (1) to clatter; (2) to prate; (3) to scratch out.
skrapla (), v. to grate, clatter.
skratta-karl, m., vile wizard; wicked sorcerer.
skratti, m. vile wizard; wicked sorcerer.
skraut, n. ornament, finery.



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