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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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styrkna (), v. to grow strong.
styrkr, m. (1) strength, bodily strength (hann drakk eigi meira en hann mátti halda styrk sínum); (2) force, of war (şóttist Í. konungr øngan styrk til hafa at berjast viğ Ívar); (3) strength, resources (konungr sat löngum í Şrándheimi, şar var mestr s. landsins); (4) help, assistance (man hann fá nokkurn styrk til ferğarinnar).
styrkr (acc. -an and -jan), a. strong = sterkr (hann hafği styrkja treyju).
styrkt, f. (1) strength; (2) help, assistance (til styrktar ok fylgğar).
styrktar-mağr, m. helper.
styrma (-di, -t), v. (1) to blow hard, to blow a gale (gekk um veğrit ok styrmdi at şeim); (2) s. yfir e-m, to crowd, throng about a person slain or wounded (styrmdu heimamenn yfir honum).
styrr (gen. styrjar), m. stir, tumult, brawl (s. varğ í ranni).
stytta (-tta, -ttr), v. (1) to make short, shorten; (2) to gird up a frock (hann stytti upp um sik kuflinn); s. sik upp, to tuck up one's clothes; (3) refl., styttast, to get angry (şá tók Helgi at s. ok mælti).
styttingr, m. unfriendliness; skilja meğ styttingi, to part coldly,
stıfa (-ğa, -ğr), v. to cut off, chop off (s. höfuğ af e-m).
stıra (-ğa, -t), v. (1) to steer, with dat. (s. skipi); s. til váğa, to steer into straits; s. undan, to escape; e-m verğr nær stırt, one has a narrow escape; (2)to govern, manage (ríki, lögum); şat mun şó mestu um s., hversu Şórdísi er um gefit, it will all depend on how Th. likes it; (3) to rule, possess (şó at vér stırim peningum); şat mun mestri giptu s., it must bring the best luck.
stırandi, m. guider, ruler (s. himins ok jarğar).
stıri, n. helm, rudder (sitja viğ s.); láta vel (illa) at s., to answer well (ill) to the rudder.
stıri-hamla, f. the loop by which the tiller is worked (sitja viğ -hömlu);
-látr, a. manageable;
-mağr, m. 'steersman', skipper, captain.
stırimanna-stefna, f. a meeting of all the skippers of a fleet.
stırir, m. captain, = stırimağr.
stıris-hnakki, m. the back of the -knappr;
-knappr, m. the top-piece of a rudder;
-stöng, f. rudder-post.
stæla (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to steel, put steel into; sverğ stælt af eitri, a sword tempered with poison; (2) to intercalate (a poem) with parenthetic sentences (stál).
stœkka (), v. (1) to make bigger= stæra 1; (2) refl., stœkkast, to become larger or bigger.
stœra (-ği, -t), v. (1) impers., of the wind or sea, it swells, waxes rough (stærği veğrin; sjó tók at s.); (2) refl., stœrast, to pride oneself, boast.
stœrğ, f. pride; taka s., to become proud. Cf.' stórleikr' (2).
stöğ (gen. stöğvar, pl. stöğvar), f. (1) landing-place, berth, harbour;(2) place, position, context, = stağa; dwelling-place, abode; şú latt und stöğum hreina, thou didst lie in the reindeers' lairs.
støğr, f. pl. = steğr; see 'stoğ'.
stöğu-, gen. from ' stağa';
-brunnr, m. a well of still water.
stöğug-leikr, m. steadfastness, firmness;
-ligr, a. steadfast, firm.
stöğugr, a. steady, stable (varğ honum eigi stöğugt hjartat, şá er Şórr kom); gøra e-t stöğugt, to resolve.
stöğul-gerği, n. a fence around a 'stöğull'.
stöğull (dat. stöğli), m. milking-pen for cows (konur vóru á stöğli).
stöğuls-hliğ, n. an opening in the stöğul-gerği.
stöğu-merki, n. standard; -vatn, n. pond, lake.
stöğva (), v. (1) to stop (hann stöğvaği her sinn); s. sik, to halt; hann stöğvar sik ekki, he does not check his course; s. blóğ, to stop bleeding; (2) to soothe, calm down; s. sik, to contain oneself (Grettir gat şá eigi stöğvat sik); (3) refl., stöğvast, to stop oneself, calm down (stöğvağist Dana-herr); to be fixed (stöğvast şá sú ráğagerğ).
stökkr, m. stir, disturbance; koma



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