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-leikr, m. 'sword-play', fight;
-lögr, m. 'sword-liquid', blood (poet.).
hjörr (gen. hjarar and hjörs, dat hjörvi), m. sword.
hjör-stefna, f. 'sword-meeting', battle, fight (poet.).
hjörtr (gen. hjartar, dat. hirti; pl. hirtir, acc. hjörtu), m. hart, stag.
hjör-undaðr, pp. wounded by a sword;
-þing, n. = -stefna.
hlað, n. (1) pile, stack; (2) pavement (in front of a homestead); (3) border, lace-work; feldr búinn hlöðum, a laced cloak.
hlaða (hleð; hlóð,hlóðum; hlaðinn), v. (1) to pile up (h. korni í hjálma); h. grjóti (hellum) at höfði oðrum, to be present at another's burial, to survive; (2) to build, with acc. (h. vegg, vörðu); (3) to load, esp. lade a ship (h. skip e-u, af e-u, með e-u); kistur hlaðnar af gulli, chests laden with gold; (4) to fell, lay prostrate, with dat. (gátu þeir hlaðit honum um síðir ok bundu hann); h. seglum, to take in sail; (5) to slay (bera vápn á Finnana ok fá hlaðit þeim); (6) refl., hlaðast at, to throng, crowd; vér viljum eigi, at fjölmenni hlaðist at (throng to see), er vér erum afklaeddir; hlaðast á mara bóga, to mount the horses.
hlaða, f. store-house, barn.
hlað-búð, f. a booth with walls of turf or stones.
hlað-búinn, pp. ornamented with lace, laced (= hlöðum búinn).
hlaði, m. pile, stack.
hlakka (að), v. (1) to cry, scream (of the eagle); (2) to rejoice; h yfir e-u, to exult over a thing.
hlamm, n. a dull, heavy sound.
hlamma (að), v. (1) to give a dull, heavy sound; (2) to exult.
hland, n. urine;
-ausa, -skjóla, f., -trog, n. urine trough.
hlass, n. cart-load.
hlaup, n. (1) leap, jump (Egill hljóp yfir díkit, en þat var ekki annara manna h.); (2) run, running; taka h., to take to running, to run (hann tók h. heim til herbergis); vera í hlaupum ok sendiförum, to run on errands; (3) a sudden rise (in a river), flood, freshet (hlaup kom í ána); (4) assault (= frumhlaup).
hlaupa (hleyp; hljóp, hljópum; hlaupinn), v. (1) to leap, jump (hann hljóp meirr en hæð sina); hljópu þeir á hesta sína, they sprang upon their horses; h. fyrir borð, útbyrðis, to leap overboard; h. á sund, to leap into the water; h. upp, to spring to one's feet, start up (þá hljópu varðmerm upp); (2) = renna, to run (þeir hlaupa eptir, en hann kemst á skóg undan); refl., hlaupast á brott, to run away; (3) of a river, to flood; hjlópu vötn fram ok leysti árnar, the waters rose in flood and the ice was broken; of ice, mikit svell var hlaupit upp (there was a great sloping sheet of ice) öðru megin fljótsins; (4) with preps., h.at e-m, h. á e-n, to attack one; h. á, to come suddenly on, spring up, of a gale (þá hljóp á útsynningr steinóði); h. saman, of a wound, to heal over; h. í sundr, to open up again (sárit var hlaupit í sundr).
hlaupa-far, n. assault;
-för, (pl.) uproar;
-piltr, m. errand boy.
hlaupari, m. (1) landlouper; (2) charger (horse).
hlaup-ár, n. leap-year.
hlaupingi (pl. -jar), m. landlouper, runaway.
hlaup-óðr, a. in a great flurry;
-rífr, a. precipitate;
-stigr, m. run-away-path (taka e-n á þeim -stigi).
hlaut, f. blood of sacrifice.
hlaut-bolli, m. sacrificial bowl;
-teinn, m. sacrificial twig (for sprinkling the blood with).
-viðr, m. rod immersed in sacrificial blood, divination rod.
hláka, f. thaw.
hlána (að), v. to thaw (veðr tók at þykkna ok hlána).
hlátr (gen. -rar and -rs), m. laughter; reka upp h., to burst out laughing; hafa e-t at hlátri, to ridicule, make a laughing-stock of.
hlátr-mildr, a. prone to laughing.
hlé, n. (1) shelter; (2) lee, lee side; sigla á h., to stand to leeward.
hlé-barðr, m. (1) leopard (also poet. bear, wolf); (2) shield (poet.).
hlé-borð, n. the lee side.

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