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exhaust (lýr hann sóttin ok deyr hann); (3) refl., lýjast, to be worn, exhausted (tóku menn þá at l. mjök á erfiði).
lýrit, n., lýritr, lýrittr (gen. -ar), m. veto, interdict; verja e-t lýriti, to put a veto on, forbid by law.
lýsa, (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to light up, illuminate (sól skal l. allan heim ok verma); impers., ok lýsir allt lopt af faxi hans, and from his mane is lighted up all the sky; lýsir af e-u, it shines, glitters (lýsti ok af hjálminum, er sólin skein á); lýsir, it gets light, it dawns (um morguninn, er lýsa tók); (2) to manifest, show, exhibit (Heinir lýstu mikinn drengskap); (3) to proclaim, publish, give notice of, as a law term; with acc., l. frumhlaup, sár, víg á hendr e-m, to charge one with, indict one for, an assault, wound, manslaughter; with dat., l. vígi á hendr sér, to declare oneself to be the cause of a death; (4) to publish, proclaim, with dat. (lýsir hann þingreið sinni); l. yfir e-u, to make known (S. lýsir erindi sínu fyrir jarli); (5) impers., nú lýsir hér yfir því, at hún, now it became clear, that she; (6) to illuminate (a book).
lýsa, f. gleam, shimmering light (ek sé lýsu nökkura til hafsins).
lýsari, m. illuminator.
lýsi, n. (1) light, brightness; (2) means of lighting; oil, train-oil.
lýsi-gull, n. bright gold.
lýsing, f. (1) lighting, illumination; (2) daybreak, dawn; (3) declaration, publication; (4) bans of marriage.
lýsingar-skeið, f. the time of daybreak;
-váttr, m. a witness to a declaration, a law term;
-vætti, n. attestation to a declaration (lýsing, 3).
lýsis-fat, n. train-oil cask.
lýta (-tta, -ttr), v. (1) to blemish; (2) to blame; (3) to disgrace, violate.
lýta-flekkr, m. disfiguring spot;
-lauss, a. faultless, without blemish.
lýti, n. (1) fault, blemish (þat var lýti á, at); (2) disgrace.
lýzka, f. (1) custom, manner (hann hefir sömu lýzku sína ok áðr); (2) dialect, = mállýzka.
lýzkaðr, a. mannered.
læ (dat. lævi), n., poet. venom, bane; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air; sviga læ, switch-bane', fire; biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil; löngr eru lýða læ, the woes of men are long;
-blandinn, pp. baleful, venomous.
lægð, f. (1) a hollow, low place; (2) lowness; (3) degradation.
lægi, n. (1) berth, anchorage (leggja skipi í l.); (2) opportunity, fair wind (gaf þeim ekki l. út ór firðinum).
læging, f. disgrace, degradation.
lægja (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to lower, let down (l. segl); (2) fig. to humble, bring down (hann drap þá, eða lægði þá á annan veg); (3) impers., lægir e-t, it is lowered, sinks; þeir sigldu svá, at lönd (acc.) lægði, they sailed so far that the land sank out of sight; þegar er sólina lægði, when the sun sank; of a storm, it abates (þá tók at l. veðrit); (4) refl., lægjast, to fall, sink abate (vindar lægðust; af hans tilkvámu lægðist harkit).
læ-gjarn, a. guileful.
lægr, a., eiga lægt at kirkju, to have a right to be buried at a church.
lækna (að), v. to cure, heal.
læknan, f. cure, = lækning.
læknari, m. physician.
lækning (pl. -ar), f. (1) cure; Hallr var at lækningu at Hváli, H. was under medical treatment at H.; (2) medicine (góð l.); (3) the healing art.
lækningar-bragð, n. medical resource;
-íþrótt, f. healing art;
-lyf, n. means of healing, medicine.
læknir (-is, -ar), m. physician.
læknis-bragð, n.,
-dómr, m. medicine;
-gras, n. healing herb;
-hendr, f. pl. healing hands;
-lyf, n. medicine.
læmingr (-s, -ar), m. loom (bird).
lær, n. (1) the leg above the knee, thigh (Kolskeggr hjó á lærit ok undan fótinn); (2) ham, of meat (lær af þrevetrum uxa).
læra (-ða, -ðr), v. to teach (hann lærði Ara prest); lærast at e-m, to get information from a person.
lær-dómr, m. (1) learning, scholarship; (2) the clergy (öfundarmenn lærdómsins).
lærdóms-list, f. art of learning;
-maðr, m. scholar (-maðr mikill).

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