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a (religious) duty;
-lauss, a. holding no office (of a priest);
-maðr, m. (1) servant; (2) priest.
emenda (að), emendera (að), v. to emend (a book).
emja (að), v. to howl, shriek.
emjan, f. howling, shrieking.
en, conj. (1) but; en heima mun ek sitja, but I will stay at home; (2) as a copulative, and, = ok; ek kann ráðum, Gunnhildar, en kappsemd Egils, I know the devices of G. and (on the other hand) Egil's eagerness; (3) = 'an', than (óbrigðra vin fær maðr aldregi en mannvit mikit).
en, in Norse MSS. = ef, er (rel. pron. and temp. conj.); (1) if; sælar væri sálurnar, en þær vissi, if they knew; (2) as a rel. pron., = er; mína dóttur, en (= er) allra meyja er fegrst, who is the fairest of all maidens; (3) when, = er, þá er (þeir vóru í hjá, en upp var lesit).
enda, conj. (1) with subj. (a standing phrase in the law connecting the latter clause of a conditional premiss) if, and if, and in case that, and supposing that; nú hefir maðr sveinbarn fram fœrt í œsku, enda verði sá maðr veginn síðan, þá.... , if a man has brought a boy up in his youth, and it so happens that he (the boy) be slain, then...; (2) even if, although, with subj. (seg mér, hvat til berr, at þú veizt fyrir úorðna hluti, enda sér þú eigi spámaðr); (3) even; þá skal hann segja búum sínum til, enda á, þingi, even in parliment; (4) if only with subj. (fyrir engan mun þori ek at vekja konunginn en segja má ek honum tíðindin, ef þú vid, enda vekir þú hann); (5) and indeed, and of course, and also, and besides; enda skulum vér þá leysa þik, and then of course we shall loose thee; sýnist þat jafnan, at ek em fégjarn, enda man svá enn, and so it will be also in this case; (6) and yet; eigi nenni ek at hafa þat saman, at veita Högna, enda drepa bróður hans, I cannot bear to do both, help H. and yet kill his brother; (7) ellipt. without a preceding premiss; enda tak þú nú øxi þína, and now take thy axe.
enda, (að, or enda, ent), v. (1) to end, coming to an end (í því sama klaustri endi hann sína æfi); impers., endar þar sögu frá honum, the tale of him ends there; (2) to fulfil, perform (e. heit sitt); (3) to mark the end of, to bound (af suðri endir hana [i.e. Asia] úthafit); (4) refl., endast, to end, come to an end (reiði mannsins endist á einu augabragði); to last, hold out (berjast meðan dagrinn endist); meðan mér endast föng til; as long as my provisions last; ef honum endist aldr til, if he lives so long; meðan mér endast lífdagar, meðan ek endumst, as long as I live; to turn out, to end (well or ill), to do (enda mun þat fám bóndum vel e. at synja mér mægðar).
enda-dagr, m. the last day, day of death (vita sinn -dag);
-fjöl, f. end-board (of a chest);
-lauss, a. endless, eternal (endalaus pína, farsæld);
-liga, adv. definitively, finally;
-ligr, a. definitive, final (endaligt svar);
-lok, n. pl. end, conclusion;
-lykt, f. = -lok;
-mark, n. end, limit; endamörk ríkis þíns, the end of thy reign;
-merki, n. limit, boundary;
-mjór, a. thin at the end, tapering; gera eigi endamjótt við e-n, not to leave one in the lurch, treat one well to the end;
-þarmr, m. rectum.
endemi, endimi, n. = eindœmi 2, something unexampled or unheard of (þat er undr ok endemi); heyr á endemi, for shame!
endemis-maðr, m. a monster, an extraordinary;person.
endemligr, a. wonderful, strange.
endi and endir, m. (1) the end (extremity) of an object (þar var skáli mikill ok dyrr á báðum endum) : (2) conclusion, end, issue (hvern enda eiga mundi málit); gera enda á e-u, koma enda á e-t, to bring to an end; vera á enda, to be at an end; S. var vistum með föður sínum til enda, S. stayed with his father to the end; eigi er fyrir enda um gert með þeim, their difference is not settled between them; upphaf ok endir, beginning and end; hér skal nú ok endir á

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