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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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very great or big;
-styggr, a. very ill-humoured, very cross;
-styrkliga, adv. very stoutly;
-styrkr, a. very strong.
alls-valdandi, pr. p. of God, Almighty;
-valdari, m. almighty ruler;
-valdr, a. = -valdandi;
-vesall, a. utterly wretched.
all-svangr, a. very hungry.
all-svinnliga, adv. very wisely, prudently.
alls-völdugr, a. = alls-valdr.
all-sættfúss, a. very placable, very eager for peace.
all-sœmiligr, a. very honourable.
allt, neut. from 'allr'; (1) right up to, all the way; Brynjólfr gengr a. at honum, close up to him; a. norðr um Stað, all the way north, round Cape Stað; (2) everywhere; Sigröðr var konungr a. um þrændalög, over all Drontheim; vóru svírar a. gulli búnir, all overlaid with gold; (3) already; vóru a. komin fyrir hann bréf, warrants of arrest were already awaiting him; (4) of time, all through, until (a. til Jónsvöku) ; (5) a. til, a. of, far too (þú ert a. of heimskr); (6) a. at einu, a. eins, all the same, nevertheless (ek ætla þó útan a. eins).
all-tillátsamr, a. very indulgent;
-tíðrœtt, pp. n. very much talked of;
-tiðvirkr, a. very quick at work;
-torfyndr, a. very hard to find;
-torfœrt, a. n. very hard to pass;
-torsóttr, pp. very difficult to reach;
-tortryggiliga, adv. very suspiciously;
-trauðr, a. very slow, unwilling;
-tregr, a. very tardy;
-trúr, a. very true;
-tryggr, a. very trusty;
-undarligr, a. very strange;
-ungr, a. very young;
-úbeinskeytr, a. shooting very badly;
-úblíðr, a. very harsh, unkind;
-úbragðligr, a. very ill-looking;
-údæll, a. very untractable;
-úfagr, a. very ugly;
-úfimliga, adv. very awkwardly.
-úframliga, adv. very timidly;
-úfrýnn, a very sullen ;
-úfrægr, a. very inglorious;
-úglaðr, a. very gloomy, sad;
-úhœgr, a. very difficult;
-úhöfðingligr, a. very plebeian;
-úkátr, a. in very low spirits;
-úknár, a. very weak of frame;
-úkonungligr, a. very unkingly;
-úkunnigr, a. quite unknown;
-úlífligr, a. very unlikely to live;
-úlíkliga, adv. very unlikely;
-úlíkr, a. very unlike;
-úmáttuliga, adv. very weakly;
-úráðinn, a. very undecided;
-úráðliga, adv. very unadvisedly or rashly;
-úsannligr, a. very unjust, very unlikely;
-úsáttfúss, a. very implacable;
-úskyldr, a. far from being incombent on one (hitt ætla ek mér -úskylt);
-úspakr, a. very unruly ;
-úsváss, a. very uncomfortable (var þá veðr -úsvást) ;
-úsýnn, a. very uncertain, very doubtful;
-úsæligr, a. of very wretched appearance;
-úvinsæll, a. very unpopular;
-úvísliga, adv. very unwisely;
-úvænligr, a. of very unfavourable prospect;
-úvænn, a. (1) very ugly; (2) very unpromising or unfavourable; neut., -úvænt, very unfavourably;
-úþarfr, a. very unprofitable, injurious (e-m).
all-valdr, m. sovereign, king (heilit all-valdar báðir!).
allvalds-konungr, m. = allvaldr.
all-vandlátr, a. very difficult to please;
-vandliga, adv. very carefully, exactly;
-vant, a. n., e-m er -vant um, one is in a very great strait;
-varfœrr, a. very cautious, careful;
-vaskr, a. very brisk or gallant;
-veðrlítit, a. n. very calm
-vegliga, adv. splendidly, nobly
-vegligr, a. very grand;
-vel, adv. very well;
-vesall, a. very miserable, vile;
-vingott, a. n. on very friendly terms (var -vingott með þeim) ;
-vinsæll, a. very popular;
-virðuligr, a. very worthy, dignified;
-vitr, a. very wise;
-vitrliga, adv. very prudently;
-víða, adv. very widely;
-vígliga, adv. in a very warlike manner;
-vígmannliga, adv. very martially;
-vigmóðr, a. quite wearied out with fighting;
-víss, a. quite certain;
-vænligr, a., -vænn, a. very promising; þykkja -vænt um e-n, to be delighted with one;
-vænt, adv. very favourably (konungr tók þessu -vaent);
-vörpuligr, a. of a very stately frame;
-vöxtuligr, a. very tall ;
-þarfliga, adv. very pressingly; biðja -þarfliga,



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