Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
G
execution
(skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram); to increase (fé Hall gerðar
gekk fram ok gorðist allmikit); to depart this life (H. bóndi
gengr fram til frænda sinna); g. fyrir e-n, to present oneself before
one (g. fyrir konung); g. fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage
(var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);
g. í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one; g. í gegn e-u, to
confess, acknowledge; maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa,
the man confessed and said that he had taken it away; g.
í mál, to undertake a case; g. með e-m (of a woman), to marry;
g. með barni, to be with child; g. með burði (of animals), to
be with young; g. með e-u, to assist in, plead (g. með máli, bónorði); g. milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede; g.
móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one; g. móti e-u, to resist,
oppose; to confess, = g. í gegn, g. við e-u; g. nær e-m, to be
troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær g. þórgerði); g. e-m nær,
to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst
gekk Gunnari um alla hluti); g. saman, to marry; of an agreement, bargain,
to be brought about; saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a
bargain; g. sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part; g. til, to
go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer
(veðrit gekk til útsuðrs); e-m gengr e-t til e-s, one has some reason
for doing a thing; en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason),
at ek ann þér eigi; hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?
Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.; g. um e-t, to
go about a thing; g. um beina, to wait upon guests;
g. um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker; g. um e-n, to
befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of
the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to
manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at); g. undan, to escape to
absent oneself; g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself,
undertake (a duty); g. undir e-n, to subject onelf to; g.
upp, to be wasted (of money); to get loose, to he torn loose
(þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu); of a storm,
gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp); of an icebound river,
áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice; g. við staf, to walk
with a stick; g. við e-u or e-t, to avow; g. yfir
e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi g. yfir þat, er hann
vissi réttast); g. yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen
to one; slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened; eitt
skal yfir okkr g., we shall share one fate; (16) refl., gangast,
to be altered, to change, of tradition (g. í munni); láta e-t
g., to waive, give up; e-m gengst hugr við, is moved to compassion
by something (þá gekst Þorgerdi hugr við harmatölur hans); gangast
at, to engage in a fight (þeir gengust at lengi); g. á, to be
set off against one another (á gengust vígin
húskarlanna); to dash against one another; á
gengust eiðar, the oaths were broken; g. nær, to come to
close quarters; g. við, to gain strength: áðr en við
gengist hans bæn, before his prayer should be fulfilled; E. hafði
mikit við gengizt um menntir, E. had much improved himself in
good breeding.
ganga, f. (1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);
vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk; (2) course (g. tungls,
vinds).
gangandi, m. wayfarer.
gangdaga-vika, f. Rogation week;
-þing, n. an assembly held during Rogation week.
gang-dagar, m. pl. Rogation days, 'Gang days';
-fœri, n. the condition of the roads; illt (gott) gangfœri,
bad (good) walking;
-prúðr, a. with stately gait.
gangr (gen. gangs), m. (1) walking (vera á gangi); motion, activity of any kind (þá var hvert járn á gangi); (2)
pace, pacing (temja hesta við gang ok hlaup); (3) course
(g. himintungla); (4) prevailing, being in vogue; hafa
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