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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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þau, er dugi); one's own fault (mér þykkir þér –rátt verit hafa, er bátrinn er brotinn);
-ræði, n. independence, liberty (-ræði ok hóglífi innan lands); gøra e-t at –ræði sínu, of one's own free-will;
-sáinn, pp. self-sown (-sánir akrar);
-skapa, a. indecl.; sums ertu –skapa, of some you are yourself the cause;
-skipan, f. spontaneous order;
-vili, m. free-will; at –vilja, of one's own free-will;
-viljandi, pr. p., -viljugr, a. with one's own free-will;
-virðing, f. self-opinion, self-conceit.
sjá-ligr, a. sightly, handsome.
sjá-lægr, a. lying on the sea, of fog;
-maðkr, m. sea-worm.
sjár, sjór or sær (gen. sjávar, sjóvar, sævar), m. the sea (varð sjárinn ókyrr mjök; róa út á sjá).
sjá-roka, f. sea-spray;
-róðr, m. rowing out to sea (-róðrarskip);
-tún, n. seaside-town.
sjávar-afli, m. sea-fishery, catch of fish;
-djúp, n. deep of the sea;
-gata, f. way from or to the sea;
-hamarr, m. sea-crag;
-háski, m. danger at sea;
-höll, f. a great hall at the sea-side;
-lopt, n. a house built over the sea;
-ríki, n. kingdom of the sea;
-stjarna, f. the star of the sea (the Virgin Mary);
-strönd, f. sea-shore.
sjá-vegr, m. = sjóvegr;
-verkr, m. sea-sickness.
sjó-barinn, pp. sea-beaten;
-blíða, f. smooth sea;
-borg, f. sea-town;
-brattr, a. steep towards the sea;
-bygð, f. sea-district.
sjóða (sýð; sauð, suðum; soðinn), v. (1) to boil, cook (s. mat, slátr, egg); (2) to forge (iron); (3) fig, to brood (tarry) over (s. e-t fyrir sér).
sjó-dauðr, a. drowned at sea.
sjóð-feldr, a. lucrative, profitable.
sjóðr (gen. sjóðs), m. money-bag, purse (sjám, hvat vegi s. sá, er ek hefi hér); eiga einn sjóð, to have a common purse (þeir Úlfr áttu einn sjóð báðir); bera e-n í sjóð or sjóði, to carry a person in one's purse, to take compensation instead of revenge (Þorsteinn hvíti kvazt eigi vilja bera Þorgils son sinn í sjóði).
sjó-drif, n. spoondrift;
-dýr, n. sea-animal;
-fang, n. catch of fish.
sjófar-, gen. from 'sjór', see 'sjóvar'.
sjó-ferð, f. sea-voyage;
-fiskr, m. sea-fish;
-fugl, m. sea-fowl;
-fœrr, a. (1) sea-worthy (skip –fœrt); (2) er –fœrt, one can be on the sea (hann reri á sjó hvern dag, er –fœrt var);
-gýgr, f. mermaid;
-illska, f. rough sea;
-jökull, m. hummock of frozen sea-water;
-kona, f. mermaid;
-kvikendi, n. sea animal;
-kyrr, a. calm;
-maðr, m. seaman, sailor;
-mál, n. flood-mark, high-water-line;
-myrkr, n. darkness at sea.
sjón, f. (1) sight, eyesight (heyrn ok s.); s. er s?gu ríkri, sight goes before hearsay; var þeim s. sögu ríkri um ferðir Knúts, they had ocular proof of; missa sjónar at auganu, to lose the sight of the eye; (2) look; sundr st?kk súla fyrir s. j?tuns, the pillar flew asunder at the look of the giant; (3) esp. in plur. the eyes (sá hón fránar sjónir fylkis liðnar); svart er mér fyrir sjónum, my eyes grow dim; leiða e-n sjónum, to fix one's eyes upon a person (forn jötunn sjónum leiddi sinn andskota).
sjónar-váttr, m. eye-witness;
-vitni, -vætti, n. the testimony of an eye-witness;
-vörðr, m. look-out man.
sjón-hagr, -hannr or –hannarr, a. having an expert, artistic eye;
-hending, f. line of sight, straight line (þeir námu –hending ór Múla í Ingjaldsgnúp);
-henni, f. sharpness of eyesight;
-hverfiligr, a. eye-deceiving;
-hverfing, f. ocular delusion, produced by spells (gøra –hverfingar í móti e-m; verða fyrir –hverfingum);
-lauss, a. blind;
-leysi, n. blindness.
sjór (gen. sjóvar, sjófar), m. the sea; vera á sjó, to be out fishing.
sjó-reitr, m. = mið;
-roka, f. spindrift, spoondrift;
-skrimsl, n. sea-monster;
-sótt, f. sea-sickness;
-tún, n. = sjátún;
-verkr, m. = sjáverkr.
sjúga, v., see 'súga'.
sjúk-dómr, m., -leiki, -leikr, m. sickness, illness;
-ligr, a. sickly.
sjúkna (), v. to become ill.
sjúknaðr, m. illness, disease.



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