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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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to be stayed, to abate (kvað við þat opt stríð manna stemmast).
stengja (-da, -dr), v. to bar (s. dyrr); s. úti, to shut out (þér vilið stengja úti páfann sjálfan).
sterk-leikr, m. strength (ágætr at -leik);
-ligr, a. strong-looking.
sterkr, a. (1) strong, stark (hann var mikill maðr ok s.); (2) great (sterk orrusta, sterk veizla).
sterk-viðri, n. a strong gale.
sterta (-rta, -rtr), v. to stiffen (húskona sterti ermar).
stertr, m. short tail, dock.
stétt (pl.-ir), f. (1) pavement; (2) stepping-stones (þeir fœrðu stéttir þær í ána, er aldri hefir ór rekit síðan); (3) degree, rank (hverrar stéttar ertu?); (4) order, condition; (5) base of a vessel.
stétta (), v. (1) to be the source of (s. mikit illt); (2) to aid, assist, with dat. or acc.; (3) to do good.
stéttar-ker, n. a vessel with a base.
stéttr, m. (1) rank, position; (2) condition, state.
steyldr, a. crouching, bent.
steypa (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to throw (hurl) down (hann steypir sér þá út af þekjunni); (2) to overthrow (þat mun guð vilja, at vér steypinn honum); (3) to cast on or off a garment (s. af sér brynjunni, s. á sik grári kápu); hann hafði loðkápu yzt ok steypt hettinum, had let the hood sink over the face; (4) to pour out, with dat. (s. soði á leiði hans); hann lát s. þar á gullinu, he poured the gold out into it; hann tók övarnar ok steypir þeim niðr fyrir sik, and throws them down before him; (5) to cast, found, with acc. (var taflit allt steypt af silfri); (6) refl., steypast, to tumble down, fall stooping (steyptist hann dauðr á gólfit); s. fyrir borð, to plung overboard; s. í kaf, to plunge into water and dive.
steypari, m. caster, founder; cf. 'eirsteypari'.
steyping, f. overthrow, degradation.
steyptr, pp. coming down over the face (steyptir hjálmar).
steyta (-tta, -ttr), v. (1) to throw, cast violently (þeir steyta þeim út ór vagninum); (2) to pound, bray.
steytr, m. shock (of a wave).
stig, n. (1) step, pace; (2) step of a ladder; (3) pl. degree, rank; af háfum (lágum, litlum) stigum, of high (low) degree (birth).
stiga-maðr, m. highwayman.
stig-gata, f. footpath;
-hosur, f. pl. riding-stockings.
stigi, m. ladder (hann þóttist sjá stiga frá himnum).
stigr or stígr (-s, ar; pl. -ar, -ir, acc. -a, -u), m. path; ryðja stíginn, to clear the way; taka úkunna stíga, to walk in unknown paths; stemma stíga fyrir e-m, to bar one's way, cut one off; kanna úkunna stigu, to visit unknown paths (foreign lands); af hverjum stig, from everywhere.
stig-reip, n. 'stepping-rope', stirrup.
stik, n. pl. stakes, piles, which in times of war were driven in the mouths of rivers (hann lét ok s. gøra í ána Tems með blý ok járni).
stika (), v. (1) to drive piles into; Ólafr konungr lét s. ána uppi, he blocked the river by means of piles; (2) to measure with a yard-measure (s. lérept vaðmál).
stika, f. (1) stick; (2) candlestick (=kertastika); (3) yard, yard-measure, equal to two Icelandic ells (menn skyldi hafa stikur, þær er væri tveggja alna at lengd).
stikill (pl. stiklar), m. the pointed end of a horn (stikillinn hornsins).
stikinn, a. disagreeable.
stikk-knífr, m. dagger, dirk.
stikla (), v. to be roasted.
stilla (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to still, soothe, calm (Njörðr stillir sjá ok eld); s. sik, to control oneself, keep control of one's temper; s. sonu okkura, to restrain our sons; (2) to moderate, temper, with dat. (konungr var allreiðr ok stillti þó vel orðum sínum; (3) to arrange, settle; vel er þessu í hóf stillt, this is very justly settled; s. gørðinni, to moderate, regulate the arbitration;



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