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n. favourable choice;
-lauss, a. = -vanr;
-mikill, a. good, fine, valuable;
-munr, m. difference in quality (eigi er -munr með ykkr).
-kostan, f. (1) pains, effort (lagði k. ok stund á at fremja kristni); (2) temptation (k. fjándans).
kosta-vandr, a. fastidious;
-vanr, a. cheerless.
kost-góðr, a. of good quality;
-gripr, m. costly thing, choice thing;
-gæfa (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to push on with a thing; -gæfa eptirförina, to press the pursuit hard; (2) with infin., to strive, take pains (Þ. kostgæði svá mjök at hjálpa föruneyti sínu);
-gæfð, f. -gæfi, n. and f. painstaking, care; með öllu -gæfi, with all diligence;
-gæfliga, adv. with pains, diligently;
-gæfligr, a., -gæfr, a. painstaking, diligent.
kostigr, a. of good quality, choice.
kost-illr, a. of mean quality, poor;
-lauss, a. of no use, bad;
-ligr, a. desirable, advantageous;
-móðr, a. heavy with food.
kostnaðar-mikill, -samr, a. very costly, expensive.
kostnaðr, (gen. -ar), m. (1) cost, expense; (2) maintenance, living.
kostr (-ar, pl. -ir, acc. -i or -u), m. (1) choice, alternative (hann sá engan sinn kost annan); mun ek engan kost á gøra, I will give no choice in the matter; (2) choice, terms (hvern kost vili þér nú gøra Ingjaldi); hugsat hefi ek kostinn, I have thought over the terms; (3) choice, chance, opportunity; k. er e-s, there is a chance (þat er hverjum manni boðit at leita sér lífs, meðan k. er); eiga e-s kost, to have a choice of (eiga slíkra manna kost); eiga alls kosti við e-n, to have one altogether in one's power; (4) match (Sigríðr hét dóttir hans ok þótti bezir k. á Hálogalandi); hann spyrr, hverr eigi að ráða fyrir kosti hennar, who was to give her away; (5) state, condition; sjá fyrir sínum kosti, to take care of oneself; síðan lét Símon varðveita kost hennar, look after her affairs; (6) cost, expense = kostnaðr (þat skip höfðu bœjarmenn látit gøra af sínum kosti); (7) means, victuals, provisions (bauð hann Oddi alla kosti með sér); (8) food (þat var siiðr at fœra konum þeim kost, er á sæng hvíldu); (9) board (þá bauð Ketill fé fyrir kost hennar); (10) stores, goods (tvau skip hlaðin vænum kosti); (11) good quality, good things; segja kost ok löst á e-u, to tell both the good and the bad of a thing; fær þú fátt af mér fríðra kosta, thou shalt get little good from me; (12) virtue, opp. to 'löstr'; (13) adverb. usages, þat er til kostar, ef, it is well done, if; at þeim kosti, on that condition; at öðrum kosti, else, otherwise; at síðasta, efsta kosti, in the last instance, last emergency; alls kostar, quite, in every respect; eigi eins kostar, not very, not peculiarly; annars kostar, as for the rest; nökkurs kostar, in any wise; þess kostar, in this case, thus.
kostu-ligr, a. costly, excellent (hann hélt eina -liga veizlu).
kost-vandr, a. fastidious.
kot, n. cottage, small farm, hut.
kot-bóndi, m. cotter;
-bœr, m. = kot;
-karl, m. cotter, cottager.
kotkarls-son, m. churl's son.
kot-lífi, n. humble life;
-mannliga, adv. meanly, in a beggarly way.
kotungr (-s, -ar), m. = kotkarl.
kóf, n. thick vapour, steam.
kóf-viðri, m. thick fall of snow.
kólfr (-s, -ar), m. (1) clapper, tongue of a bell; (2) a kind of bolt; svá skjótt (snart) sem kólfi skjóti (skyti), swift as an arrow.
kólf-skot, n. bolt-shot.
kólga, f. poet. wave, billow.
kólna (að), v. to become cold (veðrit kólnar); impers., e-m kólnar, one gets cold (oss kólnar á knjánum).
kólnan, f. cooling down, getting colder (þá er sólargangr í k.).
kóng-, see 'konung-'.
kóngr (-s, -ar), m. = konungr.
kópa (-ta, -t), v. to stare, gape.
kór-bók, f. choir-book, hymn-book;
-dyrr, f. pl. choir-door;
-kápa, f. choir-cope.
kóróna, f. crown, = krúna.
kóróna (að), v. to crown, = krúna.

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