Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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ymni, m. hymn (syngja helga ymna).
ymr, m. humming-sound, groaning (þá heyrðu þau ym mikinn ok gný) ára y., splashing of oars.
ymta, (að), v. to talk of, mutter.
ymtr, m. rumour (y. leikr í e-u).
yndi, n. delight, happiness; njóta yndis, to enjoy happiness, live in bliss; þeira samfarar urðu ekki at y., their married life was not happy; nema, festa y. á e-m stað, to feel happy in a place; ok hvárki nam hann y. á Íslandi né í Nóregi, he found no rest in Iceland or in Norway.
yndi-fall, n. bereavement;
-liga, adv, charmingly;
-ligr, a. pleasurable (með fagnaði ok -ligu lífi).
yndis-bót, f. increase of bliss;
-staðr, m. place of bliss (of Eden).
ynglingr, m. young-person, youth.
ynni-ligr, a., lovely.
-samligr, a. lovely.
yppa (-ta, -t), v. to lift up raise; y. hurðum, to open the doors; y. hans lofi, to extol him.
yppi-mannliga, adv. like a great man (þeir létu hit -mannligasta).
yr, prep. out of, = ór, úr, or.
yrkis-efni, n. pl. subject of a poem.
yrkja (yrki, orta, ortr), v. (1) to work, esp. to fill, cultivate (y. jörðina, landit); (2) to make verses (y. kvæði, drápu, lof, níð, háðung um e-n); absol., hann var kærr konungi ok orti vel, he was beloved by the king, and a good poet; (3) y. á e-t, to set about; en er þeir fundust, ortu bœndr þegar á til bardaga, the peasants at once set upon them; Eiríkr jarl orti ekki á at berjast við Erling, Eirik made no attempt to flght Erling; y. á e-n, to work upon; hvárki eldr né járn orti á þá, neither fire nor iron did them any harm; y. orða á e-n, to address one, speak to one (hann svaraði stirt ok strítt, þá er menn ortu orða á hann) (4) refl., yrkist í um e-t, it begins; (gerist nú svá sem dœmi finnast til, at á ortist um mannfallit); recipr. to attack one another (síðan fylktu þeir liði sínu ok ortust á ok börðust); þeir ortust á vísur, they competed in verse-making.
yrkr, a. workinq, when one may work = virkr (yrkir tímar).
yrmlingr, m. 'wormling', little snake (ötul augu sem yrmlingi).
yrmt, a, n. swarming with vermin (hér er víða y.).
yss, m. noise, bustle of a crowd (þá var yss mikill í skálanum).
ystast, v. refl. to curdle (þat rennr saman ok ystist sem mjölk).
ytri, better ýtri, a. compar., yztr, better ýztr, superl. outer, outermost.
yxn, m. pl. or n. pl. oxen, see 'uxi'.
yxna, a. indecl. in heat (kýr y.).
yxna-flokkr, m. a herd or drove of oxen;
-liki, n. the shape of oxen
-réttr, m. oxfold.
yxni, n. ox (y. fimm vetra gamalt).
yxnis-fall, n. carcass of an ox;
-húð,
f. hide of an ox;
-hvarf, n. disappearance of an ox.
yztr, a. superl., see 'ytri'.
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