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m. to ride (go) fast; róa m., to pull hard; (6) neut. as subst., much; skipta miklu, to be of great importance; dat., 'miklu' with compar., much, by far (m. betr; m. meiri maðr en áðr); with superl., m. mestr, by far the greatest, the very greatest; neut. as adv., mikit, greatly, much, = mjök (hón unni honum m.).
mikil-látr, a. proud, grand;
-leikr, m. greatness, largeness;
-leitr, a. having marked (prominent) features;
-liga, adv. (1) greatly; (2) proudly (láta -liga);
-ligr, a. grand, considerable;
-lætast (tt), v. refl. to pride oneself;
-læti, n. pride, pomp;
-mannliga, adv. magnificently;
-mannligr, a. grand, magnificent, generous;
-menni, n. great, powerful man;
-menska, f. greatness, magnificence;
-mæli, n. high words;
-ráðr, a. imperious;
-ræði, n. great feat;
-úðligr, a. imposing;
-vegligr, a. magnificent;
-virkr, a. doing great work;
-vænligr, a. important;
-þægr, a. exacting.
mikils-háttar, adv. distinguished.
Mikjáls-messa, f. Michaelmas.
mikla (að), v. (1) to make great, increase, magnify; m. sik, to pride oneself; (2) impers., e-m miklar e-t, one wonders at (konungi miklar þat með sjálfum sér, at); (3) refl., miklast, to acquire fame (ef konungr vill m. af þessu); to pride oneself (engi maðr miklist eða stœrist af sinni ætt).
miklan, f. increase, greatness.
mild-hugaðr, a. mild, kind-hearted.
mildi, f. kindness, mercy, grace.
mildingr (-s, -ar), m., poet. a liberal man (örr maðr heitir m.).
mildi-verk, n. work of charity.
mild-leikr, m. mildness, mercy;
-liga, adv. mildly, gently;
-ligr, a. mild, gentle.
mildr, a. (1) mild, gentle, gracious; (2) munificent, liberal (m. af fé).
milli, prep. with gen., also millim, millum, (1) between (m. skógarins ok árinnar); sín á (or í) m., between (among) themselves; sigla m. landa, from one land to another; (2) special usages; var enn meirr vönduð veizla en þess í m., more than otherwise; um aðra hluti var skamt m. máls konunga, in other things there was no great difference between them; standa í m., to stand between, hinder; mátti þar ekki í millim sjá, hvárr af öðrum myndi bera, it could not be seen which of the two would get the better of it; (3) ellipt. in 'm. ok'; upp með ánni, m. (viz. árinnar or hennar) ok skógarins, up along the river, between (it) and the forest.
millim, millum, prep. = milli.
millum-ferð, f. going between, mediation (bréfsendingar ok -ferðir).
milti, n. milt, spleen.
minja-gripr, m. heirloom, keepsake (saxit var minjagripr þeirra).
minjar, f. pl. memorial, souvenir, keepsake (hann tók hringinn Draupni ok sendi Óðni til minja; þessa gripi skaltu eiga at minjum).
minka (að), v., see 'minnka'.
minn (mín, mitt), pron. my, mine.
minna (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to remind of (m. e-n e-s or e-n á e-t); hón hefir mik minnt þeirra hluta, or minnt mik á þá hluti, she has reminded me of those things; (2) impers., mik minnir e-s, I remember, think of (ávallt er ek sé fagrar konur, þá minnir mik þessarrar konu); (3) refl., minnast e-s, to remember, call to mind (H. minntist þess, at A. hafði rænta ok barða húskarla hans); eigi væri allfjarri at m. þín í nökkuru, to remember thee with some small pittance, give thee some trifle; m. á e-t, to bear in mind, remember; þá munu vér m. á hinn forna fjándskap, then we will bear in mind the old feud; to mention, talk of (hann minntist þá á marga luti þá, er fyrr höfðu verit).
minnast (t), v. refl. to kiss (m. við e-n or til e-s); hann spratt upp í móti honum ok minntist til hans, he rose and kissed him.
minni, n. (1) memory (hann missti minnis ok þótti nær sem vitstolinn) leggja e-t í m., to lay up in the mind; reka m. til e-s, to call to mind; (2) esp. in pl. memorials (slík m. hafa Íslendingar Haralds konungs ok mörg önnur); settir eptir (viz. dauða) bauta-

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