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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


V


f. touch;
-kvaš, n. = -kveš; -kvįma, f. = -koma;
-kveš
, n. scream, yell, shriek
-kœmiliga, adv. becomingly.
viš-köstr, m. pile of wood.
viš-lagning, f. addition;
-lįtinn, pp. prepared, ready (kvezt eigi mundu ķ annat sinn betr -lįtinn); -lįtinn at greiša, ready to pay; nś er svį -lįtit, at, now things stand so that;
-leitinn, a. trying to do one's best, endeavouring, (višleitinn um allar ižróttir);
-leitni, f. endeavour, attempt;
-lķfi, n. behaviour, conduct;
-lķkr, a. similar;
-lögur, f. pl. fines, = višrlög (miklar višlögur viš manns aftak);
-męli, n. (1) conversation, interview (veita e-m -męli); góšr, blķšr
-męlis, affable; (2) agreement (žótti honum eigi haldizt hafa -męli žeira);
-nįm, n. resistance (veita -nįm).
višr, prep. with dat. and acc. = viš.
višr (gen. -ar; pl. -ir, acc. -u), m. (1) tree (hann sį einn ķkorna ķ višum uppi); (2) forest, wood; sól gengr til višar, the sun sets; (3) felled trees, timber (nś vil ek at žś takir mjöl ok viš); (4) mast.
višra (aš), v. (1) to blow, be such and such, of the weather; fjöld um višrir (= višrar) į fimm dögum, the weather often changes in five days; (2) to snuffle, scent (refkeilan višraši ķ allar ęttir).
višr-auki. m. augmentation, addition
-borši, m. = višborši ,
-bśnašr, m. = višbśnašr
-bśningr
, m. = višbśningr;
-eign, f. (1) dealing with, intercourse; illr, haršr -eignar, hard to deal with, ill to manage; (2) encounter (-eign Sigmundar ok Haralds).
viš-reki, m. drift of wood.
viš-rétta, f. redress, compensation.
višr-föng, n. pl. = višfang 2;
-ganga, f. (1) resistance; (2) = višganga;
-hending, f. 'after-rhyme', the latter rhyme-syllable in a verse-line;
-hjal, n. conversation, talk;
-
hjįlp, f. help, assistance.
-višri, n. weather; in compds., haf-, heiš-, hvass-, land-, vit-višri, &c.
višr-jafna (aš), v. to compare (e-t e-u);
-kenning, f. = viškenning;
-komning, f. compunction;
-kveš, n. = viškveš;
-kvęmiliga, a. becomingly;
-kvęmiligr, a. becoming;
-kœmiligr, a. becoming;
-lifnašr. m. means of sustenance;
-lit, n. (1) a looking towards; (2) look, countenance (Hornbogi var ķ višrliti bjartlitašr).
višrlita-mikill, a. big to behold.
višr-lķfi, n.= -lķfnašr;
-lķking, f.         comparison, imitation;
-lķkjast (t),         v. refl. to imitate, with dat.;
-lķkr, a.         similar,= višlikr;
-lęgr, a. near;         var žį -lęgt, at, it was on the verge;
        
-lög, n. pl. fine, penalty;
-
lögur, f. pl. = -lög;
-męli, n. conversation, talking together;
-nįm, n. resistance,=višnįm;
-nefni, n. surname;
-orš, n. adverb;
-rœša, f. = višrœša.
višr-sjön, f. a warning, a thing to be shunned;
-skipti, n. = višskipti;
-skotull, a. taunting;
-slag, n. the parrying of a blow;
-sżn. -sżnd, f. = -sjön;
-taka, f. = vištaka;
-tal, n. conversation;
-talan, f. talking together;
-tekt, f. reception, receiving; hafa -tektir góšar, to be well received;
-tœkiligr, a. susceptible, acceptable;
-vera, f. presence;
-verandi, pr. p. present;
-vist, f. (1) presence; (2) means of sustenance (öll önnur skepna var skópuš manninum til -vistar);
-vęri, n. = višrvist (2).
viš-rœša, f. conversation, talk.
viš-sjį (pi. -sjįr). f. a shunning, wariness (vóru žį miklar dylgjur ok -sjįr meš žeim); gjalda (veita) -sjį, to be on one's guard; hann gerši at -sjįm at finna hann, he shunned him deliberately;
-sjįll, a. on one's guard against (viš e-u).
višsjį-, or višsjįr-mašr, m. a person to be on one's guard against, to be shunned;
-veršr, a. worth being on one's guard against.
viš-skipti, n. (1) dealings; illr, hœgr, góšr -skiptis, ill, easy, good to deal with; (2) plur. hostile intercourse (segir honum frį -skiptum žeira Įsgrķms); (3) sexual intercourse (eiga -skipti viš karlmenn).
višskota-illr, a. malicious.
viš-skraf. n. talk, chat.
viš-smjor, n. 'wood-butter', (olive) oil (smuršr helgu -smjöri).



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