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mind; (2) vera -stœtt til e-s, to be opposed to one;
-sýki, f. anxiety;
-sýkja (-ta, -tr), v. to make one anxious;
-tregi, m. affliction, grief;
-trúr, a. true, faithful.
hugum-stórr, a. great of heart.
hug-veikr, a. weak-minded;
-vit, n. understanding, sagacity;
-þekkr, a. endeared to one, after one's heart (-þekkr allri alþýðu);
-þokkaðr, pp. well disposed;
-þokki, m. mind, disposition, judgement (hefir þetta farit eptir -þokka mínum);
-þungt, a. n., e-m er -þungt, one is depressed.
huld, f. giantess, = trollkona.
hulda, f. (1) cover, veil (mikil þoka ok h. liggr yfir eyju þeirri); (2) hiding, secrecy; drepa huldu á e-t, to hide, conceal a matter.
huldar-höttr, m. hood of disguise.
huliðr, pp. hidden, obscure.
huliðs-hjálmr, m. 'hiding helmet'; bregða -hjálmi yfir e-n, to make one invisible.
hulins-hjálmr, m. 'hiding helmet'; bregða -hjálmi yfir e-n, to make one invisible.
hulning, f. hiding, covering.
humarr (gen. -s, pl. humrar), m. lobster; humra fjöll, waves (poet.).
humótt, f. = hámót.
hunang, n. honey.
hunang-ligr, a. honeyed.
hunangs-dögg, f. honey dew.
-fall, n. honey dew.
-ilmr, m. smell of honey;
-lœkr, m. stream of honey.
hund-, in compds., very, extremely;
-djarfr, a. exceedingly bold;
-forn, a. very old.
hund-gá, f. barking;
-heiðinn, a. 'dog-heathen', = heiðinn sem hundr.
hund-margr, a. innumerable.
hundr (-s, -ar), m. dog, hound; vera ór hunda hljóði or hljóðum, to have made one's escape.
hundrað (pl. hundruð), n. hundred; tírœtt h. = 100; tólfrœtt h. = 120; hundruðum, by (in) hundreds; as value, one hundred and twenty ells of the stuff wadmal; h. frítt, a hundred paid in cattle; tólf hundruð mórend, twelve hundred in dark-striped wadmal; hundrað silfrs, ? the silver value of 120 ells (=20 ounces).
hundrað-faldr, a. hundredfold.
hundraðs-höfðingi, m. centurion.
hunds-bit, n. bite of a dog;
-soð, n. broth made from a dog.
hund-tík, f. bitch.
hund-villr, a. utterly lost,quite astray;
-víss, a. very wise (hundvíss jötunn).
hungr (gen. -rs), m. and n. hunger.
hungra (að), v. impers., e-n hungrar, one hungers;
hungraðr, a. hungry.
hurð (pl. -ir), f. door; h. er aptr, the door is shut; drepa á h., to knock at the door.
hurðar-ásar, m. pl. 'door-beams';
-bak, n. the back of a door; at -baki, behind the door;
-bora, f, small hole in a door;
-flaki, m. hurdle;
-hringr, m. door-ring;
-járn, n. door-hinge;
-k1ofi, m. door-groove;
-oki, a cross-plank joining the boards of a door (þá boraði A. hurðarokann).
hurð-áss, m. 'door-beam'.
huttututu, interj., to express shivering from cold.
húð (pl. -ir), f. hide (of cattle).
húðar-þvengr, m. a thong cut out of a hide.
húð-fat, n. a kind of hammock.
húðfats-félagi, m. hammock mate.
húð-keipr, m. canoe of skin, kayak;
-lát, n. loss of one's hide, flogging;
-skór, m. a shoe of raw hide;
-strjúka (see strjúka), v. to flog;
-stroka, f. flogging;
-strýkja (-ta, -tr), v. to flog;
-þak, n. roof of hides;
-þekja, (see þekja), v. to cover with hides.
húfa, f. (1) cap, bonnet; (2) vault, ceiling of a church (hann lét penta húfuna).
húfr (-s, -ar), m. hulk or hull of a ship (undir húfinn á skipi).
húka (-ta, -t), v. to squat.
húm, n. twilight, dusk.
húma (að), v. to grow dusk (var nú mjök húmat).
Húna-land, n. the land of the Huns.
Húnar, m. pl. the Huns.
hún-bora, f. the hole in the mast-head through which the halyard went; vinda segl við -boru, to hoist the sail;
-dreginn, pp. hoisted to the top;
-kastali, m. the crow's nest at the mast-head (á knörrunum vóru húnkastalar).
Húnir, m. pl. the Huns.

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