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-viðaðr, a. large-timbered (var skipit borðmikit ok -viðat);
-viðir, m. pl. great timbers, big beams;
-viðri, n. great storm;
-virki, n. pl. great achievements, feats;
-virkr, a. doing much work (bæði sterkr ok -virkr);
-vitr, a. very wise;
-víða, adv. very widely;
-yrði, n. pl. big words;
-þing, n. great (œcumenical) council;
-þorp, n. pl. great villages;
-þungr, a. very heavy;
-þurft, I. great need;
-ætt, f. great family, noble extraction;
-ættaðr, a. high-born,
strandar-, gen. from 'strönd';
-glópr, m. 'strand-fool', of one arriving after the ship has sailed;
-högg, n. = strandhögg.
strand-högg, n. 'strand-raid', depredation committed on the coast (víkingar höfðu haft mikit herfang ofan ok -högg);
-maðr, m. one who lives on the coast;
-setr, n. being left behind on the strand (sitja -setri eptir);
-varpa, f. a net to be laid along the coast;
-vegr, m. road to the coast.
strang-leikr, m. strength, violence;
-liga, adv. strongly, severely.
strangr, a. (1) strong; ströng á, a rapid river; ströng orrosta, a hot fight; (2) rigorous, severe, hard (strangr ok stríðr dómr).
strauma-skipti, n. pl. change tides (-skipti ok mál at sigla).
straum-brot, n. breaking the stream;
-fall, n. (1) flow, current; (2) the falling of the tide (þeir köstuðu akkerum ok biðu -falls).
straumr (-s, -ar), m. stream, current (veðr var hvast ok straumar miklir); við strauminum, against the current (reið J. við strauminum, en B. forstreymis); reka fyrir strauminum, to drift with the tide; brjóta straum fyrir e-u. to break the stream for a thing, bear the brunt, prepare the way.
straum-vatn, n. running water.
strá (dat. pl. strám), n. straw (smjör drýpr af hverju strái); liggja stirðr á strám, to lie stiff on straw, of a corpse (cf. 'nástrá').
strá (strá, stráða, stráðr), v. to strew, cover with straw (s. golf, bekki, herbergi).
strákr (-s,-ar), m. landlouper, vagabond (átti hón börn með strákum).
strá-lausa, a.' strawless', of a floor;
-viði, n. brushwood, = hráviði.
streitast (tt),v. refl. to struggle hard.
Strandir, m. pl. people from places in Iceland called Strönd.
streng-flaug, f. the notch for the bow-string in an arrow;
-fœri, n. stringed instruments;
-hljóð, n. pl. music from stringed instruments.
strenging, f. binding fast (heit-s.).
strengja (-da, -dr), v. to fasten with a string, bind tight (hosan strengd at beini); hann strengdi alt í milli skipanna ok bryggnanna, he stretched cables between the ships and the bridges; s. or s. aptr dyrr, to fasten the door; s. e-n inni or úti, to shut one in or out; s. heit or s. e-s heit, to make a solemn vow.
streng-lag, n. = -flaug; -leikr, m. (1) esp.pl. -leikar, stringed instrument (leika -leik); (1) lay, song.
strengr (-jar or -s; pl. -ir, gen. -ja), m. (1) string, cord, rope (strengir til at festa með hús); þeir ristu í strengi feldi sína, they cut their cloaks into strips; (2) anchor-cable; drekinn flaut um strengi, rode at anchor; liggja um strengi, -to lie at anchor; (3) bow-string, = bogastrengr; (4) string of an instrument (glumðu strengir); (5) narrow channel of water, swift current (slyðrur nökkurar rak ofan eptir strengnum).
streng-vörðr, m. a watch kept at the anchor-cable (halda -vörð).
streyma (-di, -t), v. to stream.
streymr, a. running; streymt sund, a strait (sound) with a current.
striga-dúkr, m. sack-cloth; -slitri, -slitti, n. rag of sack-cloth.
strigi, m. sack-cloth, coarse cloth.
strita (að), v. (1) to drag with difficulty; (2) refl., stritast, to strive hard (stritaðist hann við at sitja).
stríð, n. (1) distress, grief, affliction (sótti bæði at henni s. ok elli); hann bar þat með allmiklu stríði, he was very much afflicted by it; springa af stríði, to burst with grief; (2) strife, war (þá varð s. mikit á Englandi).

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