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(-sta, -str), v. to root; refl., -festast, to take root;
-lauss, rootless, without roots;
-mikill, a. having a large root;
-setja, v. to root, plant.
ruð, n. a clearing in a wood.
rudda, f. a coarse kind of club.
ruddu-vetr, m. a severe winter.
ruðning, f. challenging (of neighbours or judges).
ruðningar-mál, n. pl. the formula of a challenge.
ruðu-lítill, a. eigi -lítill, making no small clearance (in battle).
rugga (að), v. to rock (r. barni).
rugl, f. confusion, disturbance.
rugla (að), v. to confound, with dat.
ruglan, f. confusion, disturbance.
run-henda, -hending, f. a metre with end-rhymes;
-hendr, a. composed in the metre 'run-henda'.
runi, m. a wild boar.
runnr (-s, -ar), m. bush, shrub.
runsa (að), v. to plunder, ransack.
rupl, n. plunder, booty.
rupla (að), v. (1) to plunder (a person, etc.); (2) to take (a thing) by force.
rúfinn, a. rough, uncombed.
rúg-akr, m. rye-field;
-brauð, n. rye-bread;
-hleifr, m. rye-loaf.
rúgr (gen. -ar), m. rye.
rúm, n. (1) room, space (hvergi nær hafði þar r. lið þeirra); fá rúms, to get space; e-m liggr e-t í miklu rúmi, it is of great concern, importance to one; (2) place, seat (Egill gekk til rúms þess, er dóttir jarlsins hafði setit um daginn); (3) bed, - rekkja (síðan rannsakaði hann rúmit, er hón hafði hvílt í); (4) 'room' in a ship, one for each pair of rowers (mikit skip, þar vóru sex rúm ok tuttugu); (5) space of time; þriggja daga r., a space of three days.
Rúm, n. Rome, = Róm.
rúma-tal, n. number of 'rooms' in a ship (skip þrítugt at -tali).
Rúma-vegr, m. way to Rome (konungr var á -vegi), = Rómavegr.
rúm-boraðr, pp. 'wide-holed', coarse (of a sieve);
-brugðinn, pp. very large (-brugðinn hverr);
-fátt, a. n. lack of room;
-heilagr, a. 'not holy'; -heilagr dagr, weekday;
-lendi, n. open land;
-lendr, a. roomy, open, extensive;
-liga, adv. roomily (í þeirri höll máttu -liga sitja fjögur hundruð manna);
-ligr, a. spacious, roomy.
rúmr (rýmri, rýmstr), a. (1) roomy, ample, spacious, broad (gatan var eigi rýmri en einn maðr mátti ríða senn); (2) roomy, loose (fjöturrinn var r.); neut., rúmt, roomily (skipin lágu rúmt í höfninni).
rúm-snara, f. slip-knot;
-stafr, m. bed-post, a nickname;
-stokkr, m. bedside;
-sævi, n. open sea.
Rúm-verjar, m. pl. the Romans, = Rómverjar.
rúna, f. intimate (female) friend.
rúna-kefli, n. runic stick;
-mál, n. the runic alphabet;
-meistari, m. an expert in runes.
rúnar, f. pl. (1) secret, hidden lore, wisdom; of r. heyrða ek dœma, I heard them talk of mysteries; jötna r., the mysteries of the giants; (2) written characters, runes; rísta r., to engrave runes (réð) ek þær r., er reist þín systir); rísta r. á kefli, to cut runes on a stick; (3) magical characters or signs (hann tók við horninu ok reist á r. ok reið á blóðinu).
rúna-stafr, m. runic character.
rúni, m. intimate friend.
ryð, n. rust;
-frakka, f., -frakki, m. rusty weapon;
-fullr, a. rusty.
ryðga (að), v. to become rusty.
ryðja (ryð, rudda, ruddr), v. (1) to clear, free (land) from trees (r. markir; hann ruddi lönd í Haukadal); r. götu gegnum skóg, to clear, open a road through a forest; (2) to clear, empty; r. búrit, to empty the pantry; r. skip, to unload a ship; r. höfn, to clear the harbour, leave the haven; impers., hvernig skjótt ruddi samnaðinn, how the flock dispersed; (3) as a law term, to challenge; r. kvið, dóm, to challenge neighbours, jurors, out of the kviðr, dómr; (4) with preps., r. e-u á e-t, to throw, toss upon (þeir ruddu viðinum á hurðina); r. e-m í brott, to drive away, sweep off; r. sér til ríkis, to clear the way to a kingdom, obtain it by conquest; r. til e-s, to clear the

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