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(-da, -dr), v. to shed tears;
-felling, f. shedding of tears;
-mildr, a. profuse of tears, apt to weep (-mild augu);
-stokkinn, pp. tear-besprinkled (með társtokknum augum).
tárug-hlýra, a. with tearful cheeks.
té, n., in the phrase, þat er yðr jafnan í té, it is always free to you.
teðja (teð, tadda, taddr), v. to dung, manure (t. vel garða).
tefja (tef, tafða, tafinn), v. to hinder, delay (t. e-n, t. fyrir e-m).
tefla (-da, -dr), v. (1) to play at tables, chess, draughts, etc. (sumir tefldu skáktafl eða hneftafl eða kvátru); (2) t. í uppnám, to expose the pieces, so that they can be taken (vildi S. bera aptr riddara, er hann hafði teflt í uppnám); (3) t. e-n upp, to beat one in a game of draughts, fig. to deprive one of what one has; (4) to weave checks.
teflingr, m. checkered cloth.
tegund, f., see 'tigund'.
teigr (-s, -ar), m. strip of field or meadow-land (at slá teig þann, er heitir Gullteigr).
teig-yrki (pl. -yrkjar), m. field-labourer (-yrkjar ok verkamenn).
teikn, n. token, = tákn.
teikna (að), v. (1) to denote, signify (hvat mun þetta hafa at t. ?); (2) to make a sign, indicate by a sign, = benda (konungr teiknaði mér, at ek skylda byrla honum).
teiknan, f. beckoning, = bending.
teina, f. basket made of twigs.
teindr, pp. beaten into rods or bars.
teinn (-s,-ar), m. (1) twig; sprout, = teinungr; (2) spit (tók ek þeira hjörtu ok á teini steiktak); (3) a stake to hang things on; (4) = hlautteinn (þeir hristu teina).
teinungr, m. sprout, twig.
tein-vöndr, m. wand, rod.
tein-æringr, m. ten-oared boat; -ærr, a. ten-oared (skip -ært).
teita (-tta, -ttr), v. to gladden, cheer, make cheerful.
teiti, f. gladsomeness, cheerfulness.
teitr, a. glad, cheerful, merry.
tekinn, pp. from 'taka', (taken) ill (lá hann ok var mjök t.).
tekja, (1) take, taking; (2) seizure, booty; (3) income, revenue (konungr gaf þeim hálfar tekjur við sik).
telgja (-ða, -ðr), v. to shape, hew, carve, cut wood or stone with adze or knife; síðan telgði hann af rúnarnar, he cut off the runes.
telja (tel; talda; taliðr, taldr, talinn), v. (1) to count, number (G. biskup hafði t.látit bœndr á Íslandi); t. kyn sitt til e-s, eiga til e-s at t., to trace one's descent from; þótt þú eigir frændsemi at t. við mik, though thou canst reckon thyself my kith and kin; (2) to tell, say, set forth; hann taldi litla sína fýsi at róa lengra, he said that he had little mind for rowing farther; t. tölu, to make a speech, preach a sermon; (3) to reckon, consider (H. telr sik nú hraustari mann en áðr var hann); t. sér e-t, to claim for oneself, reckon as one's property (Þ. krókr taldi sér dalinn, ok kallaði hann þat sitt landnám); (4) t. fyrir vindi, to go well before the wind, of a ship (skipin voru örskreið ok töldu vel fyrir vindinum); (5) with preps., t. e-t af, to dissuade; t. e-t af fyrir e-m, to dissuade one from; t. at e-u, to blame, find fault with, object to (man ek ekki at t., þó at þú trúir á þat goð, er þér líkar); t. á e-n, to rebuke, blame; t. e-t eptir e-m, to grudge one a thing (ekki tel ek mat eptir ykkr); t. fyrir e-m, to try to persuade one (S. boðaði Þangbrandi heiðni ok taldi lengi fyrir honum); t. trú fyrir e-m, to preach the gospel to one; t. e-t ofan, to dissuade from; t. til e-s, to claim (taldi hann til ríkis); t. e-t upp, to enumerate, reckon up (þá taldi Þ. upp konur þær, sem vóru í Borgarfirði úgiptar); (6) refl., teljast undan e-u, to decline, refuse (telst hann undan förinni).
temja (tem; tamda; tamiðr, tamdr, taminn), v. (1) to tame, break in; øxn nam at t., he took to breaking in oxen; (2) to train, exercise (t. sik við íþróttir or t. sér íþróttir); hann átti hrafna tvá, er hann hafði tamit við mál, he had two ravens which he had trained to talk.

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