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mœta -jöfnu, er víða ferr); þessi ætlan þótti mönnum -jöfn, there were different opinions about this undertaking;
-jafna (að), v. to make unequal, share unequally; -jafna frásögn um menn, to give a different account of, speak well of one and ill of another;
-jafnaðr, m. unequal sharing, odds;
-jafnan, f. = -jafnaðr;
-kast, n. throwing away; farast at -köstum, to be wasted;
-kenna (-da, -dr), v. to mistake for another.
miski, m. offence, harm; gøra e-m til miska, to offend, wrong a person.
mis-kunn, f. forgiveness, mercy, grace (vill Þ. gefast upp í mitt vald til -kunnar); í m. konungs, at the king's mercy; gøra -kunn á e-m, to show mercy to;
-kunna (að), v. to show mercy to, deal mercifully with, pardon (-kunna e-m, máli e-s).
miskunnar-andi, m. spirit of mercy;
-augu, n.pl. eyes of mercy; líta -augum til e-s, to look in mercy on;
-bragð, n. act of grace;
-dómr, m. merciful judgment;
-faðmr, m. bosom of mercy;
-gjöf, f. gracious gift;
-heit, n. promise of mercy;
-hugr, m. merciful disposition;
-lauss, a. merciless, unforgiving;
-leysi, n. hardness of heart, cruelty;
-maðr, m. object of charity;
-verk, n. work of mercy or charity.
miskunn-lauss, a. finding no mercy;
-samliga, adv. mercifully;
-samr, a. merciful;
-semd, -semi, f. compassion, mercifulness.
mis-kveða (see kveða), v. = -mæla.
miskviða-laust, adv. without making any slip ('miskviðr') in the pleading (hann sótti málit
-laust).
mis-kviðr, m. a slip in the pleading (before a court);
-leggja (see leggja), v. to lay amiss; fig., e-m eru -lagðar hendr, one does the contrary of what one ought to do;
-litr, a. party-coloured, variegated;
-líka (að), v. to dislike, be displeased with (e-m -líkar e-t);
-líkan, f. dislike;
-lítast (see líta), v. refl., e-m -lízt e-t, one is mistaken about a thing;
-lyndi, n. fickleness;
-lyndr, a. fickle-minded;
-lýti, n. pl. faults, flaws;
-lögur, f. pl., leggja fœtrna -lögum, to lay the feet across;
-munr, m. difference, disproportion;
-mæla (-ta, -tr), v. to make a slip of the tongue (Þórði varð -mælt);
-mæli, n. slip of the tongue (mæla -mæli); e-m verðr -mæli á munni, one makes a slip of the tongue;
-ráðit, pp. n., e-u er -ráðit, it is ill-advised;
-ræði, n. ill-advised deed;
-rœða, f. impropriety (drýgja -rœðu við konu).
miss, á miss, adv. = mis, á mis.
missa (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to miss, fail in hitting (Kolr sveiflaði til hans øxi ok missti hans); (2) to be without (þeir höfðu lengi matar misst); impers., missir e-s, it ceases; þar sem missti húsanna, where there were no longer any houses; (3) to miss, feel the want of (missum vér nú Hákonar, frænda míns); m. fótanna, to slip with the feet, miss one's footing; impers., ef mín missir við, if I should die; (4) to lose, suffer loss of; ek hefi mikils misst, I have had a great loss; (5) with acc. to lose, esp. in later writers (vér höfum misst frændr vára).
missa, f. loss (megu vér nú eigi þegja yfir missu okkarri).
mis-sáttr, a. disagreeing, at variance;
-segja (see segja), v. to relate wrongly or incorrectly.
misseri, n. (1) season, a period of six months, half year (ár heitir tvau m.); sams misseris, in the same season; (2) in pl. twelvemonth, year (er þau höfðu ásamt verit ein m., áttu þau son); önnur m., the next twelvemonth; á tveim hinum fyrrum misserum, in the two preceding years; öllum misserum, all the year round.
missi-fengr, a. missing one's aim.
missir (gen. -is), m. loss, = missa.
mis-síðr, a. of unequal length (of a garment);
-sjá (see sjá), v. to see amiss;
-skipta (-pta, -ptr), v. to share unequally;
-smíði, n. pl., mistakes in a work (svá at eigi verði stór -smíði á); sjá, finna -smíði á e-u, to find, see faults in a thing;
-stórr, a. of different size;
-svefni, n. sleeping and waking alternately;
-sýnast (see sýna), v. refl., e-m -sýnist, one sees wrong, is mistaken (allmjök -sýnist

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