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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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clear case for defence; b. byrr, straight, fair wind.
brýnn, f. pl., from 'brún'; -brýnn, a. -browed (létt-brýnn, þung-brýnn).
bræða, (-dda -ddr), v. (1) to melt (b. jökul, snjó, ís); (2) to tar, pitch (b. skip).
bræða (-dda, -ddr), v. to hurry, make haste (nú seinkaða ek, en þú bræddir heldr).
bræði, f. anger, passion; mæla e-t í b., in a passion.
bræði-ligr, a. meltable, fusible.
bræði-mæli, n. pl. angry language.
brækta (), v. to bleat (b. sem geit).
brœðra-börn, n. pl. first cousins (agnate);
-dœtr, f. pl. nieces (of brothers);
-eign, f. property, of brothers;
-garðr, m. monastery = kórsbrœðragarðr;
-lag, n. (1) fellowship, as, of brethren, = fóstbœðralag (sverjast í -lag); (2) brotherhood, religious fraternity.
brœðralags-bréf, n. letter of (religious fraternity).
brœðra-mark, n. the constellation Gemini;
-partr, m. = bróðurdeild;
-samnaðr, m. assembly, (union) of brothers;
-skáli, m. apartment for friars;
-skipti n. division of inheritance among brothers;
-synir, m. pl. brothers, sons, cousins.
brœðrunga, f. female first cousin.
brœðrungr, m. male first cousin (agnate) : also = brœðrunga; hón var b. (she was first cousin.); Asnýjar.
brœðrungs-barn, n. child of a first cousin;
-baugr, m. share of weregild due a first cousin.
brœklingar, m. pl. 'breechlings', a nickname of the Irish.
brögðóttr
, a. crafty, cunning.
brögðu-liga, adv. Cunningly, slyly. (blekkja, svíkja e-n -liga);
-liga, a. crafty, sly.
brölta (-lta, -lt), v. to toss or tumble about.
bröstu-liga, adv. boastingly; láta -liga, to brag.
buðka-grös, n. pl. herbs kept in a box (for use in medicine).
buðkr, m. small box (originally a box to keep herbs and balsams in).
buðlungr, m. poet. king.
buffeit, n. buffet (slá e-m b.).
buffeita (-tta, -ttr), v. to buffet.
buga (), v. to bow, bend.
bugr, m. bend, curve; the bight (inside) of a ring (í bug hringinum); of the bent-fingers (b. fingranna); the concave side of the sails (sá af landi í bug allra seglanna); a curve, disorder, of a line of men or ships (rétta þann bug, er á var orðinn flotanum); aka e-m á bug, aka bug á e-m, to make one give way, repel.
bug-statr, m. crooked stick.
bukka-skinn, n. the skin of he-goats;
-vara, f. = -skinn.
bukkr, m. (1) buck, he goat; (2) battering ram.
bukk-skinn, n. the skin of a he-goat (cf. 'bukka-skinn').
bukl, n. the boss of a shield.
buklara-bóla, f. = bukl;
-fetill, m. strap of a buckler.
buklari, m. buckler, shield.
bukram, bukran, n. = buckram.
bula (), v. to cut through, = bola.
bulr, m. = bolr.
bulungr, m. pile of logs, firewood.
bul-øx, f. = bol-ox.
bumba, f. drum (berja á bumbur).
bundin, n. sheaf (of corn).
bunki, m. heap, pile, = búlki (rare).
burða-munr, m, difference of birth.
burðar-dagr, m. birthday;
-maðr, m. bearer, carrier;
-sveinn, m. errand-boy;
-tíð, f., -tími, m. birth-time.
burdeigja (), v. to capriole, of a horse (for. word).
burðr (-ar, -ir), m. (1) carriage, bearing, of the limbs or body (b. líkamans birtir hugskotsins ráð); (2) birth (frá Krists burði); of domestic animals, lambing, calving (þær kýr, er bezt búast til burðar); (3) fetus, the thing born, offspring (fíll gengr tvó ár með burðinum; hinn hæsti b. várr dróttinn J. Kr.); (4) pl., burðir, birth, extraction; heiðinn at burðum, heathen by birth; burðir ok ætt, birth and kinship.
burðugr, a. of high birth.
burgeiss, m. burgess.



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