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vinátta, f. friendship (binda, halda, vináttu við e-n).
vinátta-boð, n. friendly offer, offer of friendship;
-bragð, n. friendly turn;
-heit, n. promise of friendship;
-kveðja, f. friendly greeting;
-mark, n. token of friendship;
-mál, n. message, intercourse, of friendship;
-merki, n. =-mark;
-samligr, a. friendly, amicable.
vin-bein, n. collar-bone,= viðbein (lestist vinbein hans).
vinda (vind; vatt, undum; undinn), v. (1) to twist, wring, squeeze; v. klæði sín, to wring one's wet clothes; v. sik = v. kleði sín (vóru allir vátir ok tóku at v. sik); v. e-t sundr, to break, snap asunder (hann vatt ljáinn í sundr milli handa sér); (2) to wind, twist; v. vef, to wind the woof; þær ór sandi síma undu, they wound a rope out of sand; (3) to wind, hoist up by means of a 'vindáss'; v. segl, to hoist sail (þeir undu segl sín.); v. upp akkeri, to weigh anchor; vindum af ræfrit af skálanum, let us pull the roof off the hall; (4) to turn, swing; höfði vatt þá Gunnarr ok Högna til sagði, G. turned his head and spoke to H.; v. eldskíðu í næfrarnar, to hurl a burning brand on the roof; vindr upp sjóðnum, he suddenly lifted up the money-bag; (5) refl., vindast, to make a sudden movement, turn oneself quickly; pres. 'vizt' þvi kemr Þorgerðr inn, ok vizt Helgi við fast ok fellr ofan af þilinu).
vinda, f. hank of yarn.
vinda-brú, f. draw-bridge.
vindandi, f. the use of v (vend) before r, as in v-rangr, v-reiðr.
vind-auga, n. window, = vind-gluggr.
vind-áss, m. winding-pole, windlass (þeir undu með -ásum).
vind-belgr, m. wind-bag, bellows;
-blaka, f. wind-flow, breeze;
-blásinn, pp. distended by the wind;
-blástr, m. wind-blast;
-blær, m. light air, breath;
-fullr, a. windy;
-gluggr, m. window;
-gul, n. air, wind. breeze;
-heimr, m. world of the winds the air;
-hjálmr, m. 'wind helmet', the sky.
vindingr, m. strips of cloth for winding round the leg.
vind-kaldr, a. wind-cold.
vindla (að), v. to wind up (v. ull).
Vind-land, n. the land of the Wends.
vind-lauss, a. windless, calm (veðr var -laust A sjákyrt).
vind-lenzkr, a. Wendish.
vindli, m. wisp (fjúka sem v.).
vind-ligr, a. windy (veðr var -ligt);
-lítill, a. light of wind, calm (veðr vóru vindlítil).
vindr (-s or -ar), m. (1) wind; v. var á norðan, it blew from the North; (2) air (gekk svá milli úvina sinna náliga sem hann œði vind).
vindr, m. winding-stairs.
vindr (vind, vint), a. awry.
Vindr, m. pl. the Wends.
vinds-blær, m. = vindblær;
-bylr, m. gust of wind;
-fullr, a. = vind-fullr;
-gnýr, m. squall of wind.
vind-skeið, f. barge-board.
vind-stœði, n. the direction of the wind;
-svalr, a. = -kaldr.
vindugr, a. exposed to the wind (ek hekk vin[d]ga meiði á).
vind-verska, f. the Wendish language;
-verskr, a. Wendish.
vind-þrotinn, pp. short of wind;
-þurr, a. wind-dry, air-dried (viðr -þurr);
-æðar, f. pl. 'wind-veins', the arteries;
-öld, f. 'wind-age', a time of tempests.
vin-fastr, a. steadfast as a friend;
-fengi, n. friendship;
-festi, f. steadfastness in friendship.
vingaðr, pp. standing in friendly relations (vel var Sveinn jarl v. við lenda menn).
vingan, f. friendliness, friendship.
vinganar-heit, n. pl., -mál, n. pl., -orð, n. pl., -svipr, m. promise, assertions, words, look of friendship.
vingast (að), v. to make friends; v. við e-n, til e-s. to enter into friendship, or friendly relations, with a person.
vin-gjarnliga, adv. friendly, kindly;
-gjarnligr, a. friendly, kind;
-gjöf, f. friendly gift;
-göðr, a. kind towards one's friends; neut. -gott, friendliness (heldr vil ek gjalda féit, ok mun –gott



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