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ráðugr, a. sagacious, shrewd.
ráðu-ligr, a. = ráðligr;
-nautr, m. counsellor;
neyti, n. body of cousellors; council.
ráð-valdr, m. ruler;
-vandr, a. honest, upright;
vendi, f. probity, honesty;
þægr, a. open to advice, pliable (ráðþægir sínum ráðgjöfum).
rár, ráfr, n. roof, = rjáfr, ræfr.
rámr, a. hoarse (háss ok r.).
rán, n. (1) any unlawful seizure or holding of property; (2) robbery, plundering; (3) plunder, booty.
Rán, f. goddess of the sea (R. er nefnd kona Ægis); Ránar dœtr, the sea-nymphs; the waves of the sea.
rán-fengi, n., -fengr, m. booty, plunder (-fengr Þjaza jötuns).
ráns-fé,n. proceeds of plunder;
-fengr, m. = ránfengr;
-flokkr, m. band of highwaymen;
-hönd, f. robbing hand (stela með ránshendi).
rán-skapr, m. rapine.
ráns-maðr, m. robber.
rás, f. (1) race, running (ek setta hestinn á r.); taka (hafa, hefja) á r., to take to one's heels, run off (tók Egill þegar á rás frá bœnum); (2) course, channel (um leyniligar jarðarinnar rásir); (3) company, host (allar rásir heilagra manna).
rás-fimr, a. fleet (of a horse);
-hallr, a. steeply sloping.
refði, n. staff, cudgel.
refill (dat. refli, pl. reflar), m. tapestry, hangings.
refil-stigr, m. mysterious path.
refjur, f. pl. cheats, tricks.
refju-samr, a. tricky (hann var refjusamr í fjárreiðum).
ref-keila, f. she-fox, vixen.
refla (að), v. to make enquiry.
reforma-sótt, f. ringworm disease.
ref-ormr, m. ringworm.
refr (-s, -ar), m. fox.
refsa (að, or -ta, -tr), v. to punish, with dat. of the person (r. e-m); with acc. of the thing (r. níðingsverk).
refsan, f., refsing, f. punishment.
refsingar-dómr, m. sentence of punishment;
-laust, adv. without punishment, unpunished;
-leysi, n. remissness in punishing;
-maðr, m. punisher;
-sverð, n., -vöndr, m. sword, wand of punishment.
refsinga-samr, a. given to punishing (mönnum þótti hann harðr ok r.).
refsi-þing, n. a kind of criminal court (in old Sweden).
regi, f. cowardice;
-ligr, a. obscene (-lig kvæði);
-maðr, m. coward.
regin (gen. ragna), n. pl. the ruling powers, the gods, = rögn.
regin-dómr, m. the mighty doom, the last judgement;
-grjót, n. the holy stones, altars;
-kunnigr, -kunnr, a. sprung from the gods;
-nagl, m. sacred nail (in a temple-pillar).
regla f. (1) rule; (2) rule of a religious order; (3) bar (of gold).
reglu-bróðir, m. friar, brother (of a religious order);
-hald, n. convent life, discipline; ganga undir -hald, to enter an order;
-ligr, a. belonging to convent life;
-staðr, m. monastery.
regn, n. rain (r. hafði verit mikit).
regna (-di, -t), v. to rain, = rigna.
regn-bogi, m. rainbow;
-él, n. rainshower;
-ligr, a. rainy, likely to rain;
-samr, a. rainy;
-skúr, f. shower of rain;
-vatn, n. rain-water.
reið (pl. -ar), f. (1) ride, riding (var honum þá fenginn hestr til reiðar); vera einn í r., to ride alone; þeir vóru beztir hestar at r., they were the best of riding-horses; var þá ok sén r. þeirra, they were seen riding; (2) vehicle, carriage, chariot (Þórr á r. þá, er hann ekr, en hafrarnir draga reiðna); (3) clap of thunder (því næst flugu eldingar ok reiðar).
reiða (-dda, -ddr), v. (1) to cary on horseback; hverr reiddi yðr yfir Markarfljót, who put you across M.?; (2) r. e-t um (of) öxl, to carry a thing (poised) on one's shoulder (heinn hafði hann fyrir vápn ok reiddi of öxl); (3) to make one rock, shake, push (reiðit hana af baki, svá at hún falli í lœkinn ofan); (4) to toss, of wind and waves (bátinn undir honum reiddi vindr ok straumr norðr með landi); impers. to be tossed about (reiddi þá ymsa vega); tók þá at r. saman skipin, the ships began to drive against one another; e-u reiðir e-n veg af, it ends (turns

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