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jaðarr (gen. -s, dat. jaðri, pl. jaðrar), m. (1) edge, border, selvage (of cloth, of a sail, tent, &c.); (2) poet. prince, lord (ása j., folks j.).
jaðra-skegg, n. whiskers.
jafu, a. (1) even; jöfn tala, even number; (2) equal, the same; þínar (viz. ferðir) verða flestar jafnastar, thy doings are mostly the same, all equally bad; hann var ellefu vetra ok sterkr at jöfnum aldri, and strong for his age; jafn e-m, equal to one; jafnt er sem þér sýnist, af er fótrinn, it is just as it appears to thee, the leg is off; komast til jafns við e-n, hafa e-t til jafns við e-n, to equal one, be one's match in a thing; at jöfnu, equally, in equal shares.
jafn-, in compds., such a, so....a, equally, as; er þat skömm j.-mörgum rnönnum, it is a shame for so many men; j.-frægr drengr, so fine a fellow; j.-auðveldr, as easy.
jafna (að), v. (1) to cut even, to trim (mörum sínum mön jafnaði); (2) to make equal; (3) to divide in equal shares (j. ríki með sér); (4) j. e-u til e-s, við e-t, to compare (liken) one thing with (to) another; j. e-u saman, to compare, set of one thing against another (var þá jafnat saman vígum); (5) refl., jafnast við e-n, jafnast e-m, to even oneself with, call oneself a match for, another; j. orðum við e-n, to bandy words with one.
jafna, f. level ground, plain (hann flýði af hálsinurn ofan á jöfnu).
jafnaðar-boð, n.fair offer;
-dómr, m. fair judgement; leggja mál til-dóms, to put a case before an umpire;
-fundr, m. a meeting on equal terms;
-geð, n. even temper;
-kaup, n. equal bargain;
-maðr, m. (1) equal match-; (2) fair (impartial) man;
-samr, a. fair;
-skipti, n. fairdealing;
-þokki, m. mutual affection.
jafnaðr (gen. -ar), m. (1) comparison; (2) equal share (en þaðan af höfum vit jafnað báðir); at jafnaði, in equal proportions (skipta e-u at jafnaði); usually, as a rule (= með jafnaði); (3) equity, fairness.
jafn-aldra, a. indecl. of the same age;
-aldri, m. one of the same age (þeir váru mjök jafnaldrar).
jafnan, adv. constantly, always,

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