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Viktor Rydberg's Investigations into Germanic Mythology Volume II  : Part 2: Germanic Mythology
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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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leikara-skapr, m. scurrility.
leikari, m. player, jester.
leik-blandinn, pp. sportive;
-borð, n. play-board;
-bróðir, m. playmate.
leik-dómr, m. laity, = leikfólk.
leik-fang, n. wrestling;
-félagi, m. play-fellow;
-ferð, f. sport.
leik-fólk, n. lay-folk, laity.
leikinn, a. playful, gay.
leik-ligr, a. lay;
-maðr, m. layman.
leik-maðr, m. player.
leikmann-ligr, a. lay.
leik-mikill, a. playful, merry;
-mót, n. ‘play-meeting’, public athletic sports;
-mær, a. play-sister.
leikr (-s, -ar), m. game, play, sport; láta (vinna) leikinn, to lose (win) the game; á nýja leik, anew; við illan leik, narrowly, with a narrow escape (þeir kómust þar yfir við illan leik); hann segir þeim hvat leika (gan.), hvat í leikum er, he told them what the game was, what was the matter; leikr er görr til e-s, a person is aimed at, is the mark of an attack; gera leik til e-s, to mock one.
leikr, a. lay (lærðir ok leikir).
leik-skáli, m. play-shed;
-stefna, f. = leikmót;
-sveinn, m. playmate;
-vald, n. lay power, laity;
-völlr, m. play-ground.
leiptr (gen. leiptrar, pl. leiptrir), f. lightning flash.
leiptra (), v. to flash, shine.
leir, n. clay, loam, mud.
leira, f. muddy shore, mud-flat.
leir-bakki, m. clayey bank;
-búð, f. clay booth;
-depill, m. clayey spot;
-gata, f. clayey path;
-kelda, f. clay-pit;
-ligr, a. of clay;
-maðr, m. clay man;
-óttr, a. = leirugr.
leir-pottr, m. earthen pot.
leirr, m. = leir.
leir-stokkinn, pp. mud-splashed.
leiru-bekkr, m. muddy brook.
leirugr, a. clayey, muddy.
leista-brœkr, f. pl. trousers and stockings in one piece, long hose;
-lauss, a. without a foot-piece or sock (leistalausar brœkr).
leistr (-s, -ar), m. stocking-foot, sock.
leit, f. (1) search; fara á l. e-s, to go in search of a thing; (2) exploring party, search-party (jarl var sjálfr í leitinni).
leita (), v. (1) to seek, search, with gen. (heraðsmenn leituðu hennar ok fundu hana eigi); l. e-m e-s, to seek (try to get) a thing for one (l. e-m kvánfangs); l. sér lífs, to seek to save one’s life; (2) to seek for help (vil ek, at þú leitir aldri annarra en mín, ef þú þarft nökkurs við); l. ráða, to seek for advice; (3) to act (proceed) towards one; ef yðar er illa leitat, if you are challenged; (4) to try to go, proceed on a journey; l. braut ór landi, to go abroad; l. á fund e-s, to visit a person; (5) to seek, try, with infin. (þá leitaði Kálfr at flytja brœðr sína ofan til skips); (6) with preps., l. at e-m, to seek for a person, = l. e-s (var þá leitat at lækninum); l. at um e-t = l. eptir um e-t; l. á e-n, to attack or assail one, to blame or reprehend one; l. á, to try, make an attempt to get a thing (hvar skulu vit á l.?); l. á um kvánfang, to look for a wife; l. eptir e-u, to seek for; l. eptir máli, to follow a case, take it up; l. eptir um e-t, to inquire into; l. eptir við e-n, to inquire of a person; l. fyrir sér, to save oneself by flight (leggjum á flótta, verðr nú hverr at l. fyrir sér); l. e-s í, to try, make an attempt (var þá margs í leitat); l. til e-s, to seek for, = l. e-s (aldri leitaði hann til griða né undankomu); l. um e-t = l. at um e-t, to examine (var þá leitat um sár manna); to try to get or effect (l. um sættir); l. e-s við e-n, to apply to one for a thing (l. ráða við e-n); l. við e-t, to try; l. við för, to try to get away; l. við at gøra e-t, to try to get away; l. við at gøra e-t, to try to do a thing (hann vildi við l. at mæla; (7) refl., leitast um, to make a search, examine (leituðust þeir þá um ok fundu hurð í gólfinu).
leiti, n. hill, elevation, height.
leizla, f. = leiðsla.
leizlu-drykkja, f. drinking-party.
leka (lek; lak, lákum; lekit), v. (1) to drip, dribble (af þeim legi, er lekit hafði ór hausi Heiðdraupnis); (2) to leak, be leaky (húsit, skipit, keraldit lekr).



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