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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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út, to squander; sem fé þetta var út sóat, when this money was spent.
sókn (pl., -ir), f. (1) attack, fight (harðr í sóknum); (2) prosecution; urðu þá allir á þat sáttir, at þá væri framarr vörn en s., that the defence was better than the prosecution; sœkja með lands-laga sókn, to raise a lawful action; (3) concourse, resort of people (nú er s. mikil í Skálholt um allt Ísland.), company; (4) parish; (5) drag, grapnel.
sóknar-aðili, m. prosecutor, opp. to 'varnaraðili'; -fólk, n. parish-folk; -gögn, n. pl. the proofs for a prosecution; -kirkja, f. parish-church; -kviðr, m. verdict; prestr, m. parish-priest; -þing, n. a parliament with courts and pleading (aðrir menn vóru at dómum, því at -þing var).
sókn-djarfr, -harðr, a. martial, valiant (frœkn ok sóknharðr).
sól (gen. sólar, dat. sól and sólu), f. (1) sun (hann fal sik á hendi þeim guði, er sólina hafði skapat); á morgin fyrir s., before sunrise; einn morgin við s., about sunrise; þá var dagr all-ljóss, ok s. farin, the sun had risen; sól var lítt farin, lítt á lopt komin, not high above the horizon; s. rennr upp, the sun rises; þegar er sólina lægði, when the sun got low; s. gengr í ægi, til viðar, undir, s. sezt, the sun sets; ganga at sólu, to go prosperously, succeed to one's wishes (honum gengu náliga allir hlutir at sólu); (2) day; fyrir ina þriðju s., before the third sun, within three days; áðr sjau sólir eru af himni, before seven days have passed.
sólar-ár, n. solar year; -áss, m. the sun-god, Apollo; -bruni, m. the burning heat of the sun; -fall, n. sunset; -gangr, m. the sun's course, between sunrise and sunset (en er váraði ok -gangr var sem mestr); -geisli, m. sunbeam; -glaðan, f. sunset; -goð, n. = -áss; -helgr, f. feast of the sun-god; -hiti, m. heat of the sun; -hof, n. temple of the sun-god; -hringr, m. the orbit, ecliptic; -ljós, n. sun-light; -roð, n. sun-reddening, sunrise; um morgininn í -roð, at peep of dawn; -setr, n. sunset; -sinnis, adv. sunwise, from east to west; -steinn, m. sunstone, lodestone; suðr, n. the solar meridian; -tár, n. 'sun's tear', amber; -upprás, f. sunrise; -öld, f. solar cycle (twenty-eight years).
sól-bjartr, a. sun-bright; -borð, n. = -byrði; -bráð, f. or n. sun-thawing; -brunninn, pp. sun-burnt; -byrði, n. 'sun-board', gunwale.
sólginn, pp. voracious, hungry.
sól-heiðr, a. sun-bright, sun-lit; -hvarf, n. solstice (nú líðr fram at -hvörfum); -hvítr, a. sun-white.
sóli, m. sole (of a shoe).
sól-lauss, a. sunless; -mark, -merki, n. zodiacal sign; -setr, n. pl. sunrise and sunset; með -setrum, milli -setra, from sunrise till sunset; -skin, n. sunshine; -staða, f. solstice, usually in pl. (nú líðr fram at -stöðum).
sóma (-da), v. to beseem, become, befit (sómir þér konungum at þjóna); at hón sœmdi þér, that she were a fit match for thee; láta sér e-t s., to be pleased with.
sóma-för, f. honourable journey; -góðr, a. creditable; -hlutr, m. honourable share; -lauss, a. discreditable; -maðr, a. honourable (worthy) man; -samliga, adv. beseemingly, befittingly; -ligr, a. decent, proper, honourable; -semd, f. honour; -spell, n. lack of honour.
sómi, m. honour (vil ek eigi drepa hendi við sóma minum).
sónar-blót, n. a special sacrifice (of a boar); -dreyri, m. sacrificial blood; -göltr, m. sacrificial boar.
sónn, m. sound (með sœtum són).
sópa (), v. (1) to sweep, with dat. (griðkonan sópar saman léreptunum); láta greipr s. um e-t, s. höndum um e-t, to make a clean sweep, carry off all; (2) to sweep a house, floor, with acc. (á. lét s. húsin ok tjalda); (3) refl., sópast e-u, s. at um e-t, s. um, to scrape together, gather, -sópa e-u at sér (s. mönnum, s. at um menn).
sót, n. soot (sóti svartari).
sótigr, a. sooty; hann kom eigi undir sótkan rapt, he never came under a sooty rafter.



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