Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
B
e-m varnað á e-u, to forbid;
b. e-m af landi, to order one out of the land;
b. e-m af embætti, to depose one; b. út liði, skipum,
to levy, troops, ships; b. e-m um, to delegate to one,
to commit to one's charge (þeim manni er biskup hefir um boðit
at nefna vátta); (5) to proclaim, announce; b. trú (kristni),
to proclaim, preach a religion (the Christian
faith); b. messudag, to proclaim a holy day; (6) of
a mental state, to have presentiment of; e-m býðr e-t í hug (skap),
one has a fore boding, presentiment of; mér býðr e-t fyrir,
I forebode; mér býðr hugr við e-u, I abhor, dislike;
impers., mér býðr ávallt hita (acc.), er ek kem í þeirra flokk,
I feel uneasy whenever ...; mér bauð ótta, I felt
a fear; bauð þeim mikla þekt (they felt much pleasure),
er þeir sá líkit; ef yðr býðr svá við at horfa, when you
are in such a frame of mind; (7) býðr e-m, it
beseems, becomes one; sem konungsbarni býðr, as befits a princess; eptir þat fór vígsla fram eptir því sem býðr, as it is
due, or proper.
bjór-blandaðr, pp. mixed with beer.
bjórr, m. beer (öl heitir með mönnum, en með Ásum
b.).
bjórr (-s, -ar), m. (1) triangular cut off piece
of skin (bjórar þeir, er menn sníða ór skóm sínum fyrir tám eða
hæl); (2) triangular strip of land, = geiri
(b. lá ónuminn fyrir austan Fljót); (3) front wall, party wall;
engi var bjórrinn milli húsanna, there was no partition between the
houses; (4) a sort of tapestry of triangular shape (var
stofan vel tjölduð ok settir upp bjórar).
bjórr (-s, -ar), m. beaver, esp. the beaver's
skin (b. ok safali).
bjór-reifr, a. cheerfull from beer drinking;
-sala, f. vending of beer;
-salr, m. beer-hall.
bjór-skinn, n. beaver skin;
-skinnfeldr, m. cloak made of beaver skin.
bjór-tunna,
f. barrel of beer;
-veig,
f. beer;
-verpill, m.
beer-cask.
bjúga (pl.
bjúgu), n. sausage (cf. mörbjúga').
bjúg-leikr, m. crookedness;
-leltr, a. of crooked countenance;
-nefjaðr, a. hook-nosed, = nefbjúgr.
bjúgr, a. bowed, hooked, crooked, bent; hann var
b. á. baki, he sat bent or bowed (from age) on horseback;
hvárt er yðr þykkir bjúgt eða beint, whether it seems to you crooked
or straight, whether you like it or not.
bjöð, f. flat land; áðr Börs synir bjöðum of yptu, ere the sons of B. raised the ground.
björg (gen. bjargar, pl. bjargir), f. (1) help,
deliverance, out of need or danger, esp. help (food, shelter,
transport) given to an outlaw (veita e-m b., einnar nætr b.);
lögmæt b., lawful point of defence (in pleading in the Court);
(2) means of subsistence, stores, provisions (fjögurra missera
b.).
björk (gen. bjarkar), f. birch, birchtree.
björn (gen. bjarnar, pl. birnir, acc. björnu),
m. bear (hvítabjörn, the white bear; híðbjörn, skógbjörn,
urðbjörn, viðbjörn, the black bear).
blað, n. (1) leaf of a plant; (2) leaf in
a book; (3) blade of a knife (knífsblað), of an oar
(árarblað); (4) skirt of a kirtle, shirt, cloak (kyrtilblað,
skyrtublað, feldarblað).
blaðra (að), v. (1) to flutter to and fro,
as a leaf in the wind (sá þeir, at tungan blaðraði); (2) with dat.,
to move (the tongue) to and fro (hann blaðraði tungunni
ok leitaði við at mæla); to wag the tail (b. halanum); (3) absol.,
to utter inarticulately (blaðrar ok bendir hann); with acc. (blaðrandi
þessi orð).
blaðra, f. bladder; brain.
blak,
n. slap (with the open hand).
blaka (að
and -ta), v. (1) to flutter, wave (of the leaves
of a tree); (2) with dat., b. vængjunum, to flap the wings;
(3) with acc., b. e-n, to give one a slap.
blaka, f. (1) veil (cf. 'silkiblaka'); (2) fan.
blakk-fjallr, a. with black hide (birnir blakkfjallir).
blakkr, a. black, dun-coloured (beittu, Sigurðr, enn blakka
mar).
blakkr, m. poet. a dun-coloured horse.
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