Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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ríða mundu, he said he would not ride; impers., mér kveðsk = ek kveð mér; Kára kvaðsk (= Kári kvað sér) önnur ferð betri þykkja, k. said he thought another course preferable; kveðast at, to exchange verses or songs.
kveðandi, f. (1) recitation, chanting or singing (fögr var sú k. at heyra); (2) rhythm, flow of a verse (þó fegra þær mjök í k.).
kveðja (kveð, kvaddi, kvaddr), v. (1) to call on, summon (Þórvaldr kvaddi húskarla sína); k. e-n e-s, to request (demand) of one; k. matar, svefns, to call for food, sleep; k. sér hljóðs, to call for a hearing; k. þings, to convoke a meeting; k. e-n e-s, to call on, summon, one to do something (vóru vér kvaddir at bera vitni þat); (2) to welcome, greet (þeir kvöddu konung); of one departing, to bid farewell, take leave of (hann gengr nú í brott ok kveðr engan mann); refl., kveðjast, to greet one another (þeir kvöddust vel); (3) with preps., k. e-n at e-u, to call on a person to do a thing, call his attention to (þik kveð ek at þessu); k. e-n frá e-u, to exclude from, deprive of (ek hefi opt menn frá æfi kvadda, er eigi vildu hlýða mínum boðum); k. e-n til e-s, to call on one for a thing (k. menn til ferðar); k. e-n upp, to call on one to rise (síðan vaknaði Haraldr ok kvaddi upp menn sína); to summon to arms; síðan safnaði hann liði ok kveðr upp almenning, after that he gathered men and roused the whole country; k. e-n út, to call one out of the house (hann kvaddi út Höskuld ok Hrút).
kveðja, f. welcome, greeting, salutation (konungr tók kveðju hans).
kveðju-boð, n., -sending, f. greeting from one absent, compliments.
kveð-skapr, m. poetry, verse-making (góðr, illr, -skapr).
kvefja (kvafða), v. = kefja. kveif, f. coif cap, esp. mitre.
kveiking, f. kindling.
kveikja (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to light, kindle; k. eld, ljós, to kindle a fire, light; (2) fig. to arouse, give rise to (k. sorg, harm, fjándskap).
kveikja, f. kindling (öfundar k.).
kveikr, m, wick of a lamp.
kvein, n. wailing, lamentation.
kveina (að), v. to wail, lament; k. um e-t, to com plain of (er hér kveinat um eldiviðarfæð).
kveinan, f. wailing.
kveinka (að), v. to complain.
kveinkan, f. lamentation.
kvein-samligr, a. doleful;
-stafir,, m. pl. wailings, lamentations.
kveisa, f. whit low, boil (hann hefir kveisu rnikla í foetinum).
kveisu-nagli, m. the core of a boil.
kveld, n. evening; at kveldi (dags), at eventide; í k., to-night; á kveldit, á kveldum, of an evening, in the evenings; urn kveldit, in the evening, that evening.
kvelda (að), v. impers., kveldar or daginn tekr at k., evening draws near.
kveld-langt, adv. all the evening (drekka -langt);
-ligr, a. pertaining to evening;
-mál, n. eventide;
-máltíð, f. supper;
-riða, f. night-hag, witch (riding on wolves in the twilight);
-seta, f. sitting up late;
-svæfr, a. inclined to sleep in the evening, opp. to 'morgunsvæfr';
-söngr, m. evensong, vespers (eptir kveldsöng um aptaninn);
-tími, m. eventide.
kvelja (kvel, kvalda, kvaldr and kvalinn), v. to torment, torture; refl., kveljast, to be tormented (k. í vesöld). kveljari, m. tormentor.
kvelling, f. ailment, ailing.
kvellinga-samr, a. ailing.
kvelli-sjúkr, a. ailing, sickly (ekki hefi ek verit -sjúkr);
-sótt, f. = kvelling (engar hefi ek -sóttar).
kvendi, n. woman, pl. womankind, kvenna-, gen. pl. from 'kona';
-ást, f. women's love;
-búnaðr, m. women's attire;
-far, n. love affairs;
-fólk, n. women-folk;
-friðr, m. immunity of women;
-grið, n. = -friðr;
-hjal, n. women's gossip;
-hús, n. lady's bower;
-klæðnaðr, m. female dress;
-lið, n. women-folk;
-maðr, m. one fond of women;
-mál, n. pl. love matters;
-munr, m. distinction of women;
-nám, n. abduction, rape;
-ráð, n. pl. women's counsel;
-siðr, m. habits of
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