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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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= til móts við, see 'mót' 4 (ek skal fara m. við þá).
mót-settr, pp. adverse to (e-m);
-snúinn, pp. adverse, opposed to (e-m);
-staða, f. resistance;
-staðligr, a. opposing, hostile.
mót-stefna, f. a meeting previously fixed or arranged.
mót-stœðligr, a. = -staðligr.
mótstöðu-flokkr, m. opposition party;
-maðir, m. antagonist, adversary (mótstöðumenn Gunnars).
mót-svar, n. answer, reply;
-tak, n. resistance, defence;
-taka, f. = -tak;
-viðri, n. contrary wind.
mót-völlr, in. place of meeting.
mót-þrói, m. hostility;
-þykki, n. dislike, displeasure.
muðla (), v. to mumble; m. fyrir muni sér, to mutter to oneself.
muðlan, f. mumbling.
muðr (gen. munns), m. = munnr.
mugga, f. mugginess, drizzling mist.
muggu-veðr, n. muggy, misty weather (snæskafa eða -veðr).
muna (man, munda, munaðr), v. to remember (mantu nökkut, hver orð ek hafða þar um? Þat man ek görla); m. langt fram, to remember far back; m. til e-s, to have recollection of (spyrr Sveinn konungr, hvárt þeir muni til heitstrengingar sinnar); m. e-m e-t, to remember a thing against one (skal ek nú, segir hón, muna þér kinn-hestinn).
muna (), v. (1) to move, remove, with dat.; m. út garði, to shift the fence farther off, widen it;
mér er ór minni munat, I have quite forgotten it; intrans., m. fram, to move forward, advance (miðlum ekki spor vár, nema vér munim fram); (2) to make a difference, with dat. of the amount (svá at muni hálfri stiku í tíu stikum).
muna (), v. impers.; e-n munar, one longs, desires (rare).
munaðar-lifnaðr, m. life of pleasure; = munúð-lífi.
munaðr (gen. -ar), m. voluptuous life.
muna-fullr, a. delightful.
munar-heimr, m. home of happiness;
-lauss, joyless, unhappy.
mund. n. time, high time (er þú hefir gört þetta, þá mun þér m. ór hauginum á braut); (í) þat m., at (by, about) that time; with gen., í þat m. dags, at that time of the day; önnur misseri í þetta m., this time next year; í þau m., in those days; irregular pl. mundir, f. hann bað menn sína bíða til annars dags í þær mundir, wait till the same hour next day.
mund (dat. mundu), f. hand.
munda (), v. to aim, point, with a weapon (Gunnarr mun eigi lengi m. atgeirinum, ef hann fœrir hann á lopt); recipr., mundast at or til, to point at one another (with weapons).
mundang, n. the tongue of the balance, the mean between two extremes, moderation; hærra nafn en m. væri, than was fit and proper; gen. sing. 'mundangs', and gen. pl. 'mundanga' used as adv., moderately, in a fair degree (mundangs mikit, mundanga heitr).
mundang-leikr, m. moderation;
-liga, adv., justly, duly;
-ligr, a. just, due, proper (-ligt hóf).
mundangs-hóf, n. the true middle, golden mean, due moderation; með-hófi, moderately, duly, fitly;
-maðr, m. moderate man..
mundar-mál, n. agreement about a woman's 'mundr'.
Mundia-fjöll, n. pl. the Alps.
mund-laug, f. basin used in washing the hands (hann tók mundlaugar þrjár fáðar með gulli).
mund-mál, n. = mundarmál.
mundr (gen. -ar), m. the sum which the bridegroom had to pay for his bride, and which after the wedding became her own property.
mund-riði, m. handle of a shield.
mun-gát, n. ale, small beer.
mungáts-gørð, f. brewing of 'mungát';
-tunna, f. ale-cask.
munka-búnaðr, m. monastic dress;
-klæði, n. pl. monastic dress;
-kufl, m. monk's habit;
-lifnaðr, m. monastic life;
-siðr, m. conventual rule.
munk-ligr, a. monkish, monastic;
-líf, n. monastery.
-lífl, n. monastery.
munkr (-s, -ar), m. monk, friar.
mun-ligr, a. desirable, advantageous.



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