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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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bride; v. einkamála, heita, to come to claim the fulfilment of an agreement, or promise.
vitjan, f. visit (hafið þér veitt oss sæmd með v. yðvarrar tignar).
vitkast (-að), v. refl. (1) to recover one's senses; (2) to recover from a swoon (úvit).
vitki, m. wizard; vitka líki, in the form of a wizard.
vit-lausa, f. = -leysa;
-lauss, a. (1) mad (hann hleypr þegar sem hann sé vitlauss); (2) unconscious, senseless (Ölvir lá þar -lauss, en Bárðr veginn); (3) foolish (-lauss ok illviljaðr);
-leysa, f. madness, nonsense;
-leysi, n. madness, nonsense;
-leysingr, m. a witless, foolish person;
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lítill, a. small-witted;
-maðr, m. a man of great intellect, clever man;
-menni, n. a man of great intellect, clever man;
-mikill, a. of great intellect, clever.
vitna (að), v. (1) to witness, attest, with acc. (v. málit); (2) v. undir e-n, to call one as a witness.
vitna-laust, adv. without witnesses.
vitneskja, f. signal, sign (góð v.).
vitni, n. (1) witness, testimony; bera v., to bear witness; bera e-m gott v., to bear one good witness; (2) =váttr, witness, of persons; nefna v., to call witnesses; (3) evidence, outward mark, or sign (var þar orpinn sá haugr til vitnis).
vitnir (gen. -is), m. poet. Wolf.
vitnis-burðr, m. a bearing witness; giving evidence, testimony;
-bœrr, a. able to bear witness;
-fastr, a. proved by evidence;
-fjall, n. the mount of the covenant;
-lauss, a. unattested (-lausar sögur);
-maðr, m. witness, = váttr;
-órk, f. the ark of the covenant.
vit-orð, n. (1) knowledge (ekki var margra nianna -orð á hans ætterni) vera á (í, með) e-s -orði, to be known to one (þat var á margra manna -orði); (2) privity (vera í ráðum ok –orðum með e-m um verk).
vitorðs-maðr, m. a person cognizant (-rnaðr þess verks).
vitr (acc. vitran), a. wise (v. maðr).
vitra, f. (1) wisdom, sagacity; (2) knowledge (v. góðs ok ills).
vitra (að), v. to manifest, reveal (v. mönnum úorðna hluti); refl., vitrast, to reveal oneself, appear in a dream or vision (mikit er um fyrirburði slíka, er hann sjálfr vitrast okkr).
vitran, f. (1) revelation; (2) vision, appearance in a dream.
vitringr (-s, -ar), m. wise man, sage (var þorgnyr inn mesti v.).
vitr-leikr, m. wisdom, sagacity.
vitrleiks-maðr, m. = vitringr.
vitr-liga, adv. wisely, with wisdom;
-ligr, a. wise, judicious, sensible (-lig stjórn, ráðagørð);
-máll, a. wise in speech (hon er væn ok -mál).
vits-munir, m. pl. sense, sagacity; koma á -muni við e-n, to outwit one.
vit-stola, a. indecl.,
-stolinn, pp. out of one's mind, insane.
vitt, n. sorcery, charms.
vitta (-tta), v. poet. to bewitch, charm (vitti hon ganda).
vitta-fullr, a. full of charms.
vittugr, a. skilled in witchcraft.
vitugr, a. sensible, clever.
vitund, f. = vitand.
vit-vandr, a. requiring cleverness.
vizka, f. wisdom, sagacity.
vizkr, a. clever, sensible (vel v.).
vizku-bragð, n. wise contrivance;
-liga, adv. wisely;
-ligr, a. wise;
-maðr, m. wise man;
-munr, m. difference in wit;
-samligr, a. wise;
-tré, n. the tree of knowledge.
víða (-ara, -ast), adv. (1) widely far and wide, in many places (vóru þeir þvi ágætari ok víðfrægri sem þeir fóru víðara); víðast um veröldina (in the wide world) fannst eigi sá maðr; (2) largely, extensively (hann ló v. frá).
víða (-dda, -ddr), v. to widen (braut ísinn ok víddi vökina).
viðatta. f. wideness, openness, of a district (farið nú á viðáttu jarðar).
vidd, f. width, wideness, extension.
viðerni, n. extension, extent.
víð-faðmr, a. extensive, far-reaching,
-fleygr, a. wide-flying;
-frægja (-ða , -ðr), v. to make widely known;
-frægr, a. far-renowned, famous;
-förli, f. extensive travelling;
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förull, a. far-travelling.
víði-hæll, m. a peg of willow.



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