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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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ek þar góðum gripi neitt); (2) to deny, forsake (hann neitaði guðs nafni).
neitan, neiting, f. denying, denial.
nekkverr, pron. any (í nekkhverjum hlut), = nakkvarr, nökkurr.
nema, conj. (1) except, save, but; þoriga ek segja nema þér einum, I dare not tell any one save thee alone; engi … nema, no …but, no (not any) other than (Grani vildi undir øngum manni ganga n. Sigurði); (2) with subj. unless; engir þóttu lögligir dómar dœmdir, nema hann væri við, unless he had a hand in them; (3) save that; n. ek hálsaða herjans stilli einu sinni, save that I once fell on the king's neck; (4) veit ek eigi n., hverr veit n., I don't know, (who knows) but that; may be, perhaps (hverr veit n. ek verða víða frægr um síðir); (5) því at eins, n., only in the case, if; ráðit þér því at eins á þá n. þér séð allir sem øruggastir, do not attack them unless you are all most steadfast and dauntless; (6) n. heldr, but rather (eigi má þat menn kalla, n. heldr hunda); (7) nor, = né, hvárki sverð n. øxi, neither sword nor axe.
nema (nem; nam, námum; numinn), v. (1) to take, take in use, take possession of (ef þú nemr þér jörð á Íslandi); n. lnad, to take possession of land, as a settler (hann nam Eyjafjörð allan); n. konu, to carry off, abduct a woman; n. stað or staðar n.); n. yndi, to find rest in a place (hvárki nam hann yndi á Íslandi né í Noregi); (2) n. e-n e-u, to bereave one of a thing (n. e-n höfði, aldri, fjörvi); (3) to reach, touch (pilzit var svá sítt, at nam hæl); hvárt nam þik eða eigi, did it touch thee or not? þótt þik nótt um nemi, though the night overtake thee; (4) to amount to, be equivalent to (honum þótti landauðn n.); (5) as an auxiliary verb, with infin.; hann nam at vaxa ok vel dafna, he grew apace and throve well; inn nam at ganga, he stepped in; (6) to percieve, catch, hear, of sound; varð þá svá mikit úhljóð, at engi nam annars mál, that no one could hear the other's voice; eigi skulu vér þat mál svá n., we shall not understand it so; (7) to learn (n. lög, fjölkyngi); to learn by heart (vísur þessar námu margir); n. e-t at (or af) e-m, to learn, get information, about a thing from one (Glúmr hafði numit þenna atburð at þeim manni, er hét Arnór); (8) with preps. and advs.; n. e-t af, to abolish (var sú heiðni af numin sem önnur); n. brott konu, to carry off a woman; n. eptir e-u, to imitate; n. e-t frá, to except (nema konur eða þeir menn, er hann næmi frá); n. e-t upp, to pick up (nam ek upp rúnar); n. við, to resist, make a stand (hann vill enn við n., þótt liðsmunr væri mikill); to stop, halt (þar námu þeir Hrafn við í nesinu); n. við e-u, to touch (gaddhjaltit nam við borðinu); to be a hindrance to (ef þat nemr við förinni, at þú þykkist hafa fé of lítit); impers., nemr við e-u, there is an obstacle, or stop (en er þeir kómu at kirkjudurum, þá nam þar við); (9) refl., nemast e-t, to refuse, withhold from doing; n. förina, to refuse to go; n. orðsendingar hans, to disregard his messages; also with infin. (hann bað hann eigi n. með öllu at gøra sem bœndr vildu).
nenna (-ta, -t), v. to be minded or inclined, be willing, feel disposed, with dat. or infin. hann nennti eigi starfi því ok áhyggju); mun ek eigi n. öðru en fara í móti þeim, I can no longer forbear going against them; Hrafn nennti eigi at starfa, H. did not care to work, was lazy; with subj., ek nenni eigi, at, I cannot bear that (nenni ek eigi, at þat sé mælt, at); n. e-m, to attend on one, to grant one's love to one.
nenning, f. activity, energy.
nenningar-lauss, a. slothful, lazy;
-leysi, n. slothfulness, inactivity.
neppr, a. (1) overcome, fainting; (2) deadly (?).
nes (gen. pl. nesja), n. ness, headland (n. mikit gekk í sæ út).
nes-höfði, m. headland;
-konungr, m. 'ness-king', petty king;
-nám, n., nema - nám, to make a 'ness-raid';
-oddi, m. point of a ness.
nest, n. travelling provisions.
nes-tangi, m. the point of a ness.
nest-baggi, m. provision-bag, wallet;
-lauss, a. without provisions



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