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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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liggja (sitja) h. e-m, to lie (sit) by one; sofa (hvíla) hjá e-m, to sleep with one; h. durunum, near (close to) the door; (2) by, with; vera h. e-m, to stay with one; vera í gistingu h. e-m, to lodge with one; maðr einn var eptir h. honum, was left with him; (3) present; svá at Flosi var h., in the presence of F.; (4) past, by; fara, ganga h. e-m, to go by, pass one (mánaði síðarr fóru þeir h. mér kátir); farast h., to pass by one another; fara h. sér, to go beside oneself; fram h. Knafahólum, past K.; þeir riðu h. fram, they rode by; (5) in comparison with (to); höfðu þeir fátt kvikfjár h. því sem þurfti, they had few live stock in comparison with what was needed.
hjá-bú, n. out-lying estate;
-hvíla, f. concubinage;
-kona, f. concubine;
-leikr, m. trick.
hjálmaðr, pp. helmed.
hjálm-barð, n. helmet-rim;
-bönd, n. pl. helmet strings;
-drótt, f. helmed host, war host;
-gjörð, f. rim of a helmet;
-höttr, m. helmet-hood (a kind of cowl put over the helmet);
-laukr, m. a kind of leek, garlic.
hjálmr (-s, -ar), m. (1) helm, helmet; (2) rick (of hay or barley).
hjálm-stafr, m. warrior (poet.);
-stofn, m. the head;
-vitr, f. 'helmwight', Valkyrie.
hjálmum-völr, hjálm-völr, m. tiller of a helm.
hjálm-vítr, f. 'helm-wight', Valkyrie.
hjálp (-ar, -ir), f. help.
hjálpa (help; halp or hjalp, hulpum; hólpinn), v. (1) to help (h. e-m); h. e-m við = h. e-m; (2) to save (h. lífi sínu); refl. to be saved (þá munu vér hjálpast allir saman).
hjálpa (), v. = prec.
hjálpar-gata, f. a way to help.
hjálpari, m. helper, saviour.
hjálpar-lauss, a. helpless;
-maðr, m. (1) helper; (2) one saved; ek mun vera -maðr, ef, I shall be saved, if;
-ráð, n. helping advice.
hjálp-lauss, a. helpless;
-leysi, n. helplessness;
-ráð, -ræði, n. helping advice; help, means of saving;
-samligr, a. helpful, salutary;
-semd, f. help, salvation;
-vænligr, a. promising help, likely to help, salutary;
-vænn, a. = -vænligr.
hjá-máll, a. refractory, obstinate;
-staða, f. assistance;
-stigr, m. by-path;
-tœkr, a. missing one's hold;
-vera, -vist, f. presence.
hjól, n. wheel (vagnar á hjólum); brjóta á hjóli, to break (a person) on the wheel.
hjól-vagn, m. cart on wheels.
hjón or hjún, n. (1) one of the household (griðkona var hit þriðja h.); (2) pl. married couple, man and wife (Höskuldr bað hana vinna þeim hjónum); (3) domestic, servant (ef þú sýnir skilríki, at hann sé þitt h. = þinn vinnumaðr); rézt hann þar at hjóni, he took service there.
hjóna, n. = hjón (rare).
hjóna-band, n. matrimony;
-lið, n. domestic servants;
-ligr, a. connubial;
-skilnaðr, m. divorce;
-tak, n. hiring of servants;
-val, n. choice of servants (eigi hefik dyggt h.).
hjón-margr, a., hafa -margt, to have many servants.
hjú (pl. hjú, dat. hjúm), n. =hjón, hjún; (1) þeir ráku hann í stofu ok hjú hans öll, and all his household-people; (2) hjú gørðu hvílu, man and wife went to rest; (3) hann reið heim á Laugaland ok réð sér hjú, and engaged servants.
hjúfra (), v. to weep.
hjúka (), v. to nurse a sick person (h. e-m, h. at or við e-m); refl., to recover strength (hón hjúkast lítt við þessa f¿ðu).
hjúkan, f. nursing (of a sick person).
hjú-kólfr, m. convivial meeting.
hjún, n. = hjón.
hjúpa (), v. to shroud (a corpse).
hjúpr, m. a kind of doublet.
hjúskapar-band, n. bond of matrimony;
-far, n. cohabitation;
-mál, n. a case referring to marriage;
-ráð, n. pl. the contracting of matrimony;
-samlag, n. wedlock.
hjú-skapr, m. matrimony.
hjölp (gen. hjalpar), f. = hjálp.
hjörð (gen. hjarðar, dat. hjörðu; pl. hjarðir), f. herd, flock.
hjör-drótt, f. sword-company;



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