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systr, f. (1) sister; (2) sister of charity, nun.
systkin, n.pl. brother(s) and sister(s).
systkina-synir, m. pl. the sons of systkin, first male cousins.
systra-synir, m. pl. sisters' sons.
systrunga, f. one's mother's sister's daughter, female cousin.
systrungr (-s, -ar), m. one's mother's sister's son, male cousin.
systur-barn, n. sister's child, nephew, niece;
-dóttir, f. sister's daughter;
-sonr, m. sister's son.
sýja, f. line of hoards in a ship (komnar voru níu sýjur á hvárt borð).
sýja (only pret. pl. séðu, pp. séðr, sœðr), v. to fasten together (the outer planking in a ship or boat).
sýkjast (t), v. refl. to grow ill.
sýkn, a., s. dagr, a day on -which lawsuits and actions are permitted.
sýla (-da, -dr), v. to make stiff with ice (kuflinn var sýldr allr); impers., to turn into ice (sýldi hvern dropa, er inn kom); benjarnar sýldi, the wounds became stiff with cold.
sýn (pl. -ir), f. (1) the faculty of vision, sight (þau hafa ekki mál, enga s. né heyrn); þá er Hákon konungr kom í s. við bœinn, when king H. came within sight of the farm; hverfa at s., to be lost to sight, disappear (sól hvarf at s. ok gerði myrkt); er mér þat at s. orðit, er ek hefi opt heyrt frá sagt, I have seen with my eyes what I have often heard of; (2) vision (bar fyrir hann í svefni mikla s. ok merkiliga); (3) appearance, look (líkari eru þeir þursum at vexti ok at s. en menskum mönnum); fríðr sýnum, fair of face; at s., apparently (var þeim þar vel fagnat at s.).
sýna (-dá, -dr), v. (1) to show (hón bað hann s. sér sverðit); þú skalt enga fáleika á þér s., thou must show no signs of coldness; (2) refl., sýnast, to appear, seem (sýndist vitrum mönnum hann afbragð); s. e-m, to appear to one in a dream (honum sýndist þá hinn helgi Ólafr konungr); e-m sýnist e-t, one thinks fit; veitið mér gröpt slíkan sem yðr sýnist, give me such burial as you please.
sýndr, pp.(1) having eyesight,able to see (gamall ok s. lítt); (t) of weather, clear (í björtu veðri ok vel sýndu).
sýni, n. sight; til sýnis, for the sight's sake; var hann sendr konungi til sýnis, as a curiosity; til sýnis e-s or um e-t, in proof of, as a sample of (til sýnis um mikilleika hestsins).
sýni-liga, adv. visibly;
-ligr, a. (1) visible; (2) sightly (Þ. var mikill maðr ok sterkr ok hinn -ligsti); (3) advisable (nú þykki mér þat -ligast at fara aptr í ríki mitt).
sýning, f. showing, exhibition.
sýnn, a. (1) clear, evident, certain (þér skal sýn búhlífð í því vera); þótti öllum at sýnu ganga, at, all thought that it was clear, beyond doubt, that; dat. sing, 'sýnu' with a compar. a great deal, much (sýnu meiri, minni, betri, verri); with a superl., E. gekk upp sýnu fyrstr, far ahead; neut. ' synt' as adv. evidently, clearly (þik skortir sýnt við hann); (2) fit, likely; ef yðr þykkir eigi annat sýnna fyrir liggja en vera hér, if you have nothing better to do.
sýr (gen. sýr, acc. and dat. sú, pl. sýr), f. sow; also as a nickname.
sýra, f. sour whey.
Syr-land, n. Syria; -lendingr, m. Syrian; -lenzka, f. the Syrian tongue; -lenzkr, a. Syrian, Syriac.
sýru-ker, n. a tub with sour -whey.
sýsla (að; older sýsta, sýstr), v. (1) to do, effect (E. konungr hafði mart sýst í landinu, þat er nytsemd var í); with dat., þá er hann hefir sýst eyrendum sínum, when he had done his errand; s. e-t at, to effect (þeir sýstu þat eitt at, at þeir sættust á víg Snorra); var svá til sýst, at, it was so arranged that; s. urn e-t, to busy oneself with (hón sýsti um þörf gesta); (2) to procure, get (voru honum skjótt sýslaðir hestar).
sýsla, f. (1) business, work; hjón sátu þar, héldu á sýslu, busy at their work; ganga um sýslur manna, to go about as an overseer; (2) stewardship (hafa sýslu á Hálogalandi); (3) district, prefecture; also a diocese.
sýs-liga, adv. (1) briskly, speedily, quickly (fara, ríða -liga); (2) soon.
sýslu-fœrr, a. fit for work (vel -fœrr at flestu verki);
-lauss, a. unemployed,

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