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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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leggja -hendr yfir e-n, to lay hands on, of a bishop;
-kaup, n. coronation fee;
-klæði, n. pl. consecration robes;
-maðr, m. one in holy orders;
-skrúð, n. coronation robes;
-sverð, n. coronation sword;
-vatn, f. holy water.
vígs-mál, n. a suit for manslaughter.
víg-spár, a. boding of war;
-spjöll, n. pl. tidings of war.
vígs-víti, n. punishment for manslaughter.
víg-sök, f. suit of manslaughter;
-tól, n. pl. murderous tools;
-tönn, f. canine tooth, tusk;
-vél, f. war-trick, war-engine;
-völlr, m. battle-field;
-völr, m. 'battle-stick', weapon;
-þrima, f. din of battle;
-þrot, n. end of the battle;
-æsa, v. to furnish with vígásar;
-ór, f. a kind of dart.
vík (gen. víkr, pl. víkr), f. inlet, small bay; róa v. á e-n, to row one round, get the better of one.
víking, f. freebooting voyage, piracy, (hann var í v. á sumrum ok fekk sér fjár); liggja í víkingu. ok hernaði, to be engaged in freebooting expedition and warfare; fara í v., to go out on a freebooting expedition.
víkinga-bœli, n. haunt of sea-rovers (vikings);
-höfðingi, m. chief of vikings;
-lið, n. company of vikings;
-skeið, f. viking's ship.
-skip, n. viking's ship.
víkingligr, a. like a viking.
víkingr (-s, -ar), m. (1) freebooter, sea-rover, pirate, viking (Flóki Vilgerðarson hét maðr, hann var v. mikill); (2) in later times, robber, highwayman.
víkings-efni, n. one likely to become a great viking.
víkingskapr (gen. -ar), m. piracy.
víkja (vík; veik, vikum; vikinn), v. (1) to move, turn, with dat. (sveinninn mátti hvergi v. höfðinu); hann veik sér hjá dyrunum, he passed by the door; v. e-m af hendi, to turn one off, dismiss; v. e-u af sér, to decline (A. veik þvi af sér); v. e-u til ráða (atkvæða) e-s, to hand it over to one's decision; v. tali, rœðu, máli til e-s, to turn one's speech to one, address oneself to one; v. til e-s, to mention, refer to (hefr hann svá kvæðit, at hann víkr til Ólafs konungs); v. til við e-n, to broach it to one; v. á e-t, to hint at (Þ. víkr á nökkut í Þorgeirsdrápu á misþokka þeira); v. á við e-n = v. til við e-n; víkja svá bœkr til, at, the books indicate that; (2) to move, go (þeir víkja þegar eptir þessum mönnum); v. aptr, to return (þeir víku aptr ok leita þeira); hann veik heim, he returned home; v. til norðrættar, to trend north (þat ríki víkr til norðrættar); v. inn til hafnar, to veer round and seek harbour (önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni) v. eptir e-m, to follow one's example v. eptir e-u, to yield to (v. eptir freistingu fjándans); (3) impers. to turn, trend; landinu. víkr til landnorðrs, the land trends to north-east; svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was of this nature; nú veik svá við, at liðit fór yfir á eina mikla. now it came to pass; nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðardala, now the story turns west to B.; en þar veik annan veg af, it turned out quite another way; (4) refl., víkjast, to turn oneself; v. aptr, to return; hón sat ok veikst eigi, she sat and stirred not; v. eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate; v. undan e-u, to evade, decline; v. undan við e-n, to refuse one; v. undir hlýðni við e-n, to do homage to; v. við e-t, to respond to (kvað hann vel hafa vikizt við sína nauðsyn).
víkjanligr, a. yielding, pliant.
víkva, v. = víkja (v. skapi sinu til e-s).
Vík-verjar, m. pl. the men from the district 'Vik' in Norway;
-verskr, a. from the 'Vik', of persons.
víl, n. wisely, wretchedness (v. ok erfiði);
-mögr, m. wretch, bondsman;
-siðr, m. misery, distress;
-sinni, n. misery, distress; -sinnis spá, evil prophecy;
-stigr, m. path of misery, woeful path.
vín, n. wine;
-belgr, m. wine-bag;
-ber, n. grape;
-berill (pl. -berlar), m. wine-vessel.
vínberja-köngull, m. bunch of grapes.
vín-byrli, m. cup-bearer;
-dropi, m. drop of wine;
-drukkinn, pp. drunken with wine;
-drykkja, f wine-drinking;
-drykkr. in. drink of



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