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reikanar-maðr, m. landlouper;
-samr, a. wavering (e-m er –samt).
reikana (að), v. to reckon, count, calculate; refl., reiknast, to be reckoned (Þorlákr reiknast milli þeirra biskupa, er); to hold mutual reckoning; reiknuðust þeir þá við um frændsemi, they reckoned up their relationship.
reikningr, m. reckoning, account.
reikuðr, m. only in phr. fœra e-n í reikuð, to handle roughly.
reim (pl. –ar), f. lash, thong.
reima (að), v., r. af, to make the haunting leave off (mun af reimast meirr en eina nótt).
reim-leikr, m. hauntings (brátt eptir þetta gerðust –leikar miklir).
reimt, a. n. haunted; þar er r., the place is haunted by ghosts.
rein, r. strip of land (cf. 'akr-rein').
reini, m. stone horse, stallion.
reip, n. rope (hann sleit í sundr reipin); reipa reiði, rigging, tackling. (See also 'rammr'.)
reipa (að), v. to fasten with a rope; var reipat tréit á skipinu, the mast was rigged; refl., reipast við e-t, to undertake (ef þú r. við at fara).
reisa (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to raise (lét hann r. viðuna ok draga seglit); r. e-n upp, to raise up; r. e-n upp af dauða, to raise up from the dead; r. upp lög, to restore the laws; (2) to raise, erect, build, of ships and houses (r. bœ, kirkju, hof, skip); r. upp hús, to restore of rebuild houses; (3) to raise, start, begin; r. úfrið, to make a rising; r. ferð, to start on a journey; r. bú or búnað, to set up house.
reista (-sta, -str), v. to bend (rare).
reisting, f. bending, twisting.
reisuligr, a. stately, imposing (Þ. gørir þar reisuligan bœ).
reita (-tta, -ttr ), v. (1) to excite, irritate (r. e-n); (2) refl., reitist á e-t or á um e-t, it comes to a thing; mun á bardaga r., there will be a fight; reitist af um e-t, it falls off, drops (þá reitist ekki af um talit við hann).
reiting, f. irritation, offence.
reitr (pl. –ar and –ir), m. (1) a space marked out (þrír reitar fets breiðir); (2) square on a chessboard (reitir á taflborði).
reizla, f. (1) weighing; (2) means of weighing, steel-yard.
rek, n. pl. prosecution (kváðust ætla, at hér mundu mikil r. at gör).
reka (rek; rak, rákum; rekinn), v. (1) to drive (r. hesta, fé, svín, naut); r. aptr, to drive back; r. aptr kaup sín, to recall, cry off from one's bargains; r. af (ór) landi, to drive out of the land, drive into exile; r. af höndum, r. burt, to drive away; r. flótta, to pursue a flying host; (2) to compel (segir, hver nauðsyn hann rekr til); þér vegit víg þau, er yðr rekr lítit til, ye slay men for small cause; (3) to perform, do; r. hernað, to wage war; r. erendi, to do an errand; (4) to thrust, push violently (hann rak hann niðr mikit fall); r. aptr hurð, to fling the door to; r. hendr e-s á bak aptr, to tie one's hands behind the back; (5) various phrases, r. augu skygnur á e-t, to cast one's eyes upon, see by chance; svá langt, at hann mátti hvergi auga yfir r., so far that he could not reach it with his eyes; r. minni til e-s, to recollect; r. upp hljóð, to set up a cry, utter a scream; (6) r. nagla, hæl, to drive a nail, peg; (7) impers., to be drifted, tossed (skipit rak inn á sundit); e-n rekr undan, one escapes (bað þá eigi láta Gretti undan r.); of a tempest, þá rak á fyrir þeim hríð, a storm rose upon them; (8) with gen., to pursue, take vengeance for (ef þér rekit eigi þessa réttar, þá munu þér engra skamma r.); (9) refl., rekast, to be tossed, wander (ek hefi rekizt úti á skógum í allan vetr); r. landa á milli, to go from one country to another; r. á e-m, to intrude oneself upon; r. eptir e-m, to accommodate oneself to a person; r. undan, to escape (ef Kjartan skal nú undan r.); rekast (vrekast) at virði, to quarrel over a meal.
reka, f. shovel, spade.
rekald, n. a thing drifted ashore.
reka-maðr, m. owner of shore-drift;
-strönd, f. 'drift-strand', where whales or trees are driven ashore;
-tré, n. drift-tree;
-viðr, m. drift-timber.

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