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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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múrr, m. wall (of brick or stone).
mús (pl. mýss), f. (1) mouse (svá hræddr sem m. í skreppu); (2) the biceps muscle in the arm (kom ein ör í handlegginn í músina).
músa-gangr, m. inroad of mice.
músar-bragð, n. a trick in wrestling.
múta, f. (1) fee, gratuity; em ek eigi vanr at taka mútur á afli mínu, to exhibit my strength for money; (2) mæla e-t á mútur, to make a secret of, speak with reserve (ekki þarf þetta á mútur at mæla); (3) bribe.
mútaðr, pp. that has moulted or mewed (gáshaukr fimm sinnum m.).
mútu-fé, n. tribe;
-girni, f. corruption by bribery;
-gjarn, a. open to bribery;
-gjöf, f. bribe-giving; something given as a bribe.
mygla (), v. to grow mouldy or musty (þat brauð er nú myglat).
mygla, f. mouldiness, mustiness.
myglugr, a. musty (myglugt brauð).
myki, f. dung;
-reka, f. dung-shovel;
-skán, f. a cake of cow-dung.
mylja (myl, mulda, muldr), v. to crush to pieces (allt mylr hann með sínum tönnum).
mylkja (-ta, -tr), v. to give suck.
mylna, f. mill.
mylnu-maðr, m. miller.
mynd (pl. -ir), f. (1) shape, form (hverja m. sem hann hefir tekit á sik); (2) image, figure; (3) manner; á þá m. sem, in the same manner as; at nökkurri m., in some manner.
mynda (), v. (1) to shape, form; m. e-t eptir e-u, to shape after, imitate; (2) to aim, point = munda; m. til e-s, to hint at (ekki þarf hér at m. til þess, er oss er í hug).
mynni, n. mouth (of a river, fjord).
myrða (-rða, -rðr), v. (1) to murder (móður tókt mína ok myrðir til hnossa); (2) to conceal a murdered body (hann drap hann sofanda ok myrði hann síðan); (3) to conceal, suppress (skal ek eigi m. þetta konungsbréf).
myrginn, m. morning, = morginn.
myrk-blár, a. dark blue;
-blauðr, a., -fælinn, a. afraid in the dark;
-fælni, f. fear in the dark;
-heimr, m. home of darkness;
-hræddr, -hræð-inn, a. = -fælinn.
myrkja (-ti), v. to grow dark (tekr nú at m. af nótt).
myrk-leikr, m. darkness, obscurity.
myrkna (), v. to grow dark.
myrk-nætti, n. the darkest part of the night, dead of night (þeir kómu þar um -nætti).
myrkr (acc. myrkan, -van, -jan), a. (1) dark, murky (um kveldit, er myrkt var); myrkt var af nótt, the night was dark; gørði-myrkt, it grew dark; (2) dark, obscure in meaning, hard to understand (myrkt þykki mér þat mælt at kalla skáldskap rneð þessum heitum).
myrkr, n. darkness (m. var mikit).
myrkra-fullr, a. full of darkness;
-staðr, m. place of darkness.
myrk-riða, f. 'night-rider', hag, witch (cf. 'kveldriða').
myrkva (-ti), v. to grow dark; impers., en er nótt (acc.) myrkti, when the night grew dark; en er m. tók, when it began to grow dark.
myrkva-stofa, f. dungeon.
myrkvi, m. (1) darkness; (2) dense fog (cf. 'mjörkvi ').
myrk-viðr, m. dark wood, mirkwood; also as a place-name.
mysa, f. whey.
, n. midge (svá margir sem mý).
mý-bit, n. midge-bite.
mýgja (-ða, -ðr), v. to put down, oppress, with dat.
mýkja, older form mýkva (-ta, -tr), v. to smooth, soften; m. sik, to soften oneself; refl., mýkjast, to be softened.
mýkt, f. softness, kindness.
mýll (-s, -ar), m. ball, stone.
mýri-snípa, f. common snipe.
mýr-lendi, n. boggy ground;
-lendr, a. boggy;
-öttr, a. = -lendr.
mýrr (gen. mýrar, acc, and dat. mýri, pl. mýrar), moor, bog, swamp.
mýsla, f., mýslingr, m. little mouse.
mæ-fingr, a. = mjófingraðr.
mægð, f. affinity by marriage.
mægi, n. = mægð.
mægjast (ð), v. refl. to marry into a family (m. við e-n).
mækir, m. a kind of sword.
mæla (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to speak, with



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