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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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viðir (gen. -is), m. willow (sjá dalr er mjök víði vaxinn).
víðka (að), v. to widen.
við-leikr, m. width, extent;
-lenda (-nda), v. to extend, enlarge a territory;
-lendi, n. broad lands, wideness of lands, extent;
-lendr, a. having extensive lands, of a king.
viðr, a. wide, large, extensive (víðir skógar); á víða vega, widely abroad, broadcast; víðs vegar, in all directions flýja, dreifast víðs vegar); víðs fjarri, far away.
víð-læss, a. far-roaming; of deer
-sýnn, a. with wide prospect (á haugum nökkurum, þar sem -sýnt var).
víf, n. poet. woman, wife.
vífandi, pr. p., in the phrase, koma at v., to arrive as by chance.
vífinn, a. given to women.
vífl, f. cudgel, bat, used in washing.
víg, n. (1) fight, battle; eiga v. móti e-m, to fight against; eiga v. saman, to have a fight together; verja e-t vígi, to defend by fighting; (2) homicide, man-slaughter (vega v.).
víga-far, n. battle, slaughter (úfriðr ok -far);
-ferði, n., ferdir, f. pl., -ferli, n. pl. man-slayings (man þetta upphaf -ferla þinna);
-guð, n. god of battle;
-hugr, m. = víghugr;
-maðr, m. a fighting, man; -maðr mikill, a great manslayer.
víg-áss, m. war-beam, for defence (þeir höfðu -ása í dyrum);
-djarfr, a. daring in fight, stout-hearted;
-drótt, f. warriors;
-fimi, f. skill in arms;
-fimr, a. skilled in feats of arms;
-flaki, m. mantlet of boards;
-fleki, m. (1) = víg-flaki; (2) = -gyrðill;
-frekr, a. eager for fight;
-frœkn, a. martial, gallant;
-fœrr, a. able to fight;
-gyrtðill, m. a shelter used on ships during battle;
-gyrðla (að), v. to protect, fortify with 'víggyrðlar';
-hestr, m. war-horse;
-hugr, m. warlike (murderous) mood.
vígi (gen. pl. vígja), n. (1) vantage ground, stronghold (klettrinn var víðr ofan ok v. gott); (2) the bulwarks or gunwale of a ship.
vígis-munr, m. difference in vantage-ground (þar var svá mikill -munr, at þar mundi ekki vinna bergit).
vígja (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to hallow, consecrate, in a heathen sense (tók upp hamarinn Mjölni ok vígði hafrstökurnar); (2) in a Christian sense, to consecrate, ordain (vígja biskup, prest, djákn; vígja e-n til biskups, prests, konungs).
víg-kœni, f. = -fimi;
-kœnn, a. = víg-fimr;
-kœnska, f. = víg-kœni;
-leysi, n. defencelessness;
-lið, n. warriors;
-ligr, a. martial, doughty; -ligr á velli at sjá, of martial appearance;
-ljóss, a. having daylight for fighting, (þá var þó svá kveldat, at eigi var -ljóst);
-maðr, m. warrior;
-mannliga, adv. martial;
-mannligr, a. martial;
-málugr, a. given to talk of battle;
-móðr, a. weary in battle;
-nest, n. poet. armour (?); -nesta böl, sword or spear.
vígr, a. (1) in fighting condition, able to fight (hafa með oss alla víga. menn); v. vel, well skilled in arms, (2) þeir drápu karla þá, er vígt var at, they smote the men that might be slain.
víg-reitðr, a. in warlike mood;
-risinn, a. gallant in war;
-risni, f. prowess in arms;
-roð, n., roði, m. glow of war (verpr -roða um víkinga).
vígsakar-aðili, m. prosecutor in a suit for manslaughter;
-bœtr, f. pl. vígsbœtr.
vígs-bœtr, f. pl. compensation for manslaughter;
-gengi, n. backing one in battle (veita e-m -gengi);
-gjöld, n. pl. = vígs-bœtr.
víg-skarða (að), v. to furnish with ramparts, fortify;
-skár, a. exposed to war (-skátt ríki);
-skerðr, pp. furnished with 'vígskörð';
-skörð, n. pl. battlements, ramparts.
vígsla, f. consecration, ordination (taka vígslu af biskupi).
víg-sloði, m. the section of law treating of battle and manslaughter.
vígslu-dagr, -eiðr, m. day, oath of consecration;
-faðir, m. ordaining father (of a bishop);
-gull, n. coronation ring;
-gørð, f. performance of ordination;
-hrútr, m. sacrificial ram;
-hönd, f. ordaining hand;



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