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to beg very hard;
-þéttr, a. very crowded;
-þrekligr, a. of a very robust frame;
-þungliga, adv. very heavily; taka -þungliga á e-m, to be very hard upon;
-þungr, a. (1) very disagreeable, hard; (2) hostile, badly disposed towards (til e-s) ;
-þykkr, a. very thick; féllu þeir -þykkt, in great numbers;
-œfr, a. very furious;
-œgiligr, a. very terrible ;
-œstr, pp. greatly excited;
-örordr, a. very frank, outspoken;
-øruggr, a. very unflinching.
almanna-bygð, f. a well-peopled district;
-fœri, n. public way;
-leið, f. public road;
-lof, n. universal praise;
-skript, f. general confession;
-stofa, f. the common hall, opp. to 'litla stofa';
-tal, n. (1) common reckoning (at -tali) ; (2) general census;
-vegr, m. high road, = þjóðvegr, þjóðleið.
al-máttigr, a. almighty ;
-máttr, m. almightiness, omnipotence;
-menni, n. the people, public;
-menniliga, adv. generally, commonly;
-menniligr, a. general, common.
almenning, f., almenningr, m. (1) common land; (2) common or public pasture; (3) public thoroughfare (in Norse towns) ; (4) the people, public in general; (5) levy, conscription; fullr (allr), hálfr almenningr, a full (complete) or half levy of men and ships.
almennings-bréf, n. proclamation;
-drykkja, f. public banquet;
-far, n. public ferry;
-gata, f. public road;
-glófar, m. pl. common gloves;
-hús, n. a house for the use of travellers;
-mörk, f., -skógr, m. public forest;
-stræti, n. public thoroughfare;
-tollr, m. public tax;
-trú, f. Catholic faith (= almennilig trú);
-vegr, m. public way ;
-öl, n. common ale.
almennr, a. common, general, public.
al-múgi, m. the commons, common people (konungrinn ok almúginn) ;
-múgr, m.= al-múgi;
-mæli, n. (1) common saying, general report; þat er almæli, at, all people say (agree) that; (2) saying, proverb; þótt almælit sannaðist, at móðurbrœðrum verði menn líkastir, though the saying proved true, that;
-mæltr, pp. spoken by all; -maelt tíðindi, common news ; (2) of a child that has learnt to talk;
-mætti, n. =almáttr.
al-naktr, a. quite naked.
alna-mál, n. measure by the ell (see alin).
al-nýr, a. quite new;
-nöktr, a. =alnaktr.
al-ogat, a., -ogi, m., -ogligr, a., see -hugat, -hugi, -hugligr.
alr (-s, -ir), m. awl; skjálfa þótti húsit, sem á als oddi léki, as if it were balanced on the point of an awl.
al-rauðr. a. quite red;
-ráðinn, pp. quite determined;
-ránn, a. utterly plundered;
-reyndr, pp. fully proved.
alri, m. elder tree, see eiri.
al-roskinn, a. quite grown up;
-rotinn, a. quite rotten;
-rœmdr, pp. rumoured by all; alrœmt er, every one says;
-sagðr, pp. spoken of by all;
-sátt, f., alsáttum sáttir, completely reconciled;
-sáttr, a. fully reconciled;
-sekr, a. an outlaw in the greater degree = skógarmaðr;
-siða, a. indecl., er Kristni var alsiða, when the Christian faith had become universal;
-skip-aðr, pp. (1) of a ship, fully manned; (2) of a bench, quite full;
-skjaldaðr, a. closely set with shields;
-skrifaðr, pp. written all over;
-skygn, a. fully seeing;
-skyldr, a. quite bound in duty, obliged; (2) quite binding;
-slitinn, pp. quite worn out;
-slíkr, a. quite the same;
-smíðaðr, pp. completely built;
-snauðr, a. very poor;
-snotr, a., -spakr, a. all-wise, very clever;
-stýfðr, pp. (a metre) in masculine rhymes;
-stýfingr, m. an animal with close-croped ears (= afeyringr);
-svartr, a. quite black;
-sveittr, a., -sveitugr, a. perspiring all over;
-sviðr, -svinnr, a. all-wise ;
-sýkn, a. altogether free or guiltless (al-sýkn saka) ;
-sýkna, f. complete rehabilitation;
-sæll, a. altogether happy;
-sætt, f., -sætti, n. complete reconciliation.
altari, n. and m. altar.
altaris-blæja, f. altar-cloth;
-bók,

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