Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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weary (móðr), exhaust, plague; refl., mœðast, to become wearied or exhautsed (mœddust þeir af kulda.)
mœða, f. trouble, trial, distress.
mœðgin, n. pl. mother and son(s).
mœðgur, f. pl. mother and daughter.
mœði, f. weariness, exhaustion, shortness of breath;
-liga, adv. wearily; varp hann ?ndinni –liga, he drew his breath painfully;
-ligr, a. troublesome, painful.
mœðing, f. trouble, = mœða.
mœði-samligr, -samr, a. troublesome, exhausting.
mœna (-da, -dr), v. (1) to provide with a ridge; (2) to tower (m. upp ór).
mœnir (gen. –is), m. ridge of a house (hann hljóp upp á mœninn).
mœrskr, a. belonging to the district of Mœri in Norway.
mœta, (-tta, -tt), v. (1) to meet (þar mœtti hann Grími inum rauða); (2) to meet with, suffer (bóndi sá, er skaðanum mœtti); (3) refl. mœtast, to meet one another (þeir mœttust á förnum vegi); to join, meet (þar er mœtist Sogn ok H?rðaland).
mögl, n. murmuring, grumbling.
mögla (að), v. to murmur, grumble.
möglan, f. murmuring.
möglanar-samr, a. given to grumbling (þrællinn gørðist –samr).
mögr (gen. magar, dat. megi; pl. megir, acc. mögu), m. (1) son (mey frumunga fal hann megi Gjúka); (2) boy, youth (þeir létu mög ungan til moldar hníga).
mögu-ligr, a. possible (sem fremst var honum –ligt).
mök, n. pl. intercourse, dealings.
mökkr (dat. mekki), m. dense cloud.
möl (gen. malar), f. shingle, pebbles, gravel (Flosi var uppi á m?linni).
mölr (gen. malar; pl. melir, acc. mölu), m. moth.
mølva (mølda), v. to crush, pound.
mön (gen. manar, pl. manar), f. mane of a horse; skera mön, to cut the mane; mörum sínum m. jafnaði, he trimmed the manes of his horses.
möndull (dat. möndli), m. handle of a quern (tökum á möndli skarpara).
mön-skurðr, m. mane-cutting.
möpurr, m. maple-tree.
mör-bjúga, n. sausage of suet (mörr) and meat;
-fjándi, m, 'suet-fiend', = mör-landi.
mörðr (gen. marðar, dat. merði), m. marten (cf. 'marðskinn').
mörk (gen. merkr, pl. merkr), f. mark, by weight or value, = eight ounces (átta aurar).
mörk (gen. markar and merkr, pl. markir and merkr), f. forest.
mör-landi, m. 'suet-lander', a nickname given to the Icelanders by the Norwegians.
mörr (gen. mörs), m. suet (mörr eða feiti fórnar hverrar).
möru-eldr, m. phosphorescence.
möskvi, m. mesh (ríða mökva).
mösmar, m. pl. treasures (poet.).
mösurr, m. maple.
mösur-bolli, m.,
-skál, f. mazer bowl or cup;
-tré, n. maple-tree;
möttul-band, n. mantle-tie;
möttull (dat. möttli), m. mantle.
möttul-skaut, n. mantle-skirt.
mötu-nautr, m. messmate;
-neyti, n. messmateship.
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