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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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hafa þau eigi breyzt síðan, they have not changed since; (2) to vary; b. háttum, to vary the metre; b. hári sinu, to dress one's hair; réttr ok breyttr, plain and artificial; (3) absol. to conduct oneself , do, act; munum við báðir í brott komast, ef við breytum svá, if we do so; b. eptir e-m, to imitate; b. til e-s, to attempt.
breyti-liga, adv. strangely;
-ligr, a. strange.
breyting, f. change.
breytinn, a. (1) variable; b. í búningi, fashionable in dress; (2) courteous, attentive (b. í öllum atvikum við konurnar).
breytni, f. change; gera b. á um e-t, to make an alteration in a thing; b. í klæðnaði, fashion.
brezka, f. the Welsh language.
brezkr, a. Welsh.
brigð, f. (1) right to reclaim (chiefly of landed property); fyrnist þá eigi brigðin, then the right of reclamation will not be lost; (2) n. pl. change (engi brigð mun ek hér í gera); kaupa e-t í b. við annan mann, to purchase a thing already bought by another.
brigða (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to try to recover (lost property) by lawful procedure (b. land, fé); (2) with dat. to annul, make void (b. kaupi, dómi, sáttmali); b. e-m frelsi, to revoke one's liberty.
brigðar-maðr, m. reclaimer of lost property.
brigði, n. pl. (1) = brigð, f.; (2) brigð, n. pl. (gera b. á e-u).
brigði-ligr, a. (1) variable; (2) corruptible, perishable (-ligr líkami).
brigð-kaup, n. void bargain;
-liga, adv. variably;
-ligr, a. = brigðiligr;
-lyndi, n. fickle-mindedness;
-lyndr, a. fickle-minded;
-meali, n. breach of promise.
brigðr, a. fickle, faithless.
brigð-ræði, n. fickleness, cunning.
brigðull, a. variable, inconstant.
brigzl, n. = brigzli.
brigzla (), v. to upbraid (e-m e-u or e-t) one with a thing; at honum sé því brigzlat, that it be thrown in his teeth.
brigzla-lauss, a. blameless.
brigzlan, f. reproach, blame.
brigzlanar-hlátr, m. reproachful or scornful laughter.
brigzli, n. reproach, blame; fœra e-m e-t í b., hafa e-m e-t at brigzlum, to upbraid one with a thing, to throw a thing in one's teeth; eilíft b., everlasting reproach.
brim, n. surf (sker ok b.).
brim-dýr, n. poet. ship;
-gangr, m. dashing of the surf.
brimill, m. a big, sort of seal, male seal; also as a nickname.
brim-lauss, a. surf-less, calm;
-leysa, f. calm (smooth) sea;
-leysi n. = -leysa;
-orri, m. a kind of duck
-rúnar, f. pl. poet. 'surf-curbing' (sea quelling?) runes;
-sorfinn. pp. surf-worn; (-sorfit grjót);
-stormr, m. surf-raising gale;
-svin, n. poet. ship, vessel;
-tog, n. a rope to tug a boat through the surf.
bringa, f. (1) chest (hárit tók ofan á bringuna); e-m skýtr (or slætr) skelk í bringu, one gets frightened; (2) brisket (of an animal).
bring-spalir, f. pl. = -spelir (acc. -spólu), m. pl. the 'breast rails' lower part of the chest (bar sverðit a kvíðnum fyrir neðan bringspölu).
bringu-bein, n. the breast-bone;
-breiðr, a. broad-chested;
-sár, n. a wound in the chest
-teinar, m. pl. = bringspelir.
brik (-ar, pl. brikr), f. (1) thin board; (2) low wooden screen; (3) short bench, near the door.
bríkar-búningr
, m., -klæði, a covering for an altar-screen.
brími, m. poet. fire.
brímir (gen. -is), m. poet. sword.
brjá, (brjáða, brját), v. to sparkle flicker, gleam.
brjándi, f. or n. flickering, gleam.
brjósk, n. cartilage (sem brjósk væri þar, sem bein skyldu vera).
brjóst, n. (1) the front of the chest, breast (hyl vel b. þitt); (2) woman's breast; fœða barn á brjósti, to feed a child at the breast; (3) fig. the seat of the affections and emotions, mind, heart, feeling, disposition; mun han



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