Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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vörr (gen. varrar, pl. varrar, varrir), f. lip; vörr in efri, neðri, the upper, lower lip; G. beit á vörrinni, G. bit his lip.
vörr (gen. varrar, dat. verri; pl. verrir, acc. vörru), m. a pull of the oar (er þeir höfðu fá vörru róit frá landi); þeysa vörru, to pull with might and main (ríkuliga hygg ek þá vörru þeysa).
vöru-hlaði, m. pile of wares (vara);
-sekkr, m. sack (pack) of wadmal;
-smíði, n. work in wood or metal;
-váð, f. marketable cloth, common wadmal.
-virðr, a. marketable.
vörzlu-maðr, m. warranter, surety.
vöttr (gen. vattar, dat. vetti; pl. vettir, acc. vöttu), m. glove (hafa vöttu á höndum).
vöxtr (gen. vaxtar, dat. vexti; pl. vextir, acc. vöxtu), m. (1) growth, increase; ganga (fara) í vöxt, to increase; (2) increase, interest; taka fé til vaxta, to make it productive; (3) size, stature (mikill, lítill vexti); haffœranda skip at vexti, a sea-going ship in size; (4) way of growth, shape (líkr e-m á vöxt ok viðbragð); (5) condition, state, the circumstance of a case (hann sagði honum alla. vöxtu, sem á vóru um þeira eyrendi); svá er mál með vexti, at, the case stands so that.
vöxtuligr, a. big, of great size.
vözt (pl. vaztir), f, see 'vaztir'.
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