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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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bergja (-ða, -ðr), v. to taste, with dat.; þárgunna vildi øngum mat b., Th. would taste no food; b. ölvi, to taste (drink) ale; b. dauða, to taste death; also b. á e-u (enn höfum við eigi á dauða bergt).
bergning, f. = berging (rare).
berg-nös, f.= bergsnös;
-rifa, f. fissure in a rock,= bjargrifa;
-risi, m. hill-giant;
-skor, f. rift in a rocky hill, = bjargskora;
-snos, f. a rocky projection;
-tollr, m. rock-toll, paid for catching fowl thereon;
-vörðr, m. a watch or lookout for rocks and cliffs (halda bergvörð).
ber-höfði, a. indecl. bare-headed;
-högg, n. in the phrase, ganga í (or á) -högg við e-n, to enter into open fight with; Jóan gekk á berhögg at banna allar þær úhœfur, interdicted these abuses boldly and openly.
berill, m. vessel, barrel for fluids (mjöðrinn var borinn í berlum).
berindis, adv. openly (rare).
berja (ber; barða, börðum; barðr, bariðr), v. (1) to beat, strike, smite (b. e-n); hár svá fagrt sem barit gull, as beaten gold; b. korn af hálmi, to thresh; b. húð af e-m, to scourge severely; b. e-n grjóti, to stone (= grýta); b. e-n illyrðum, ávítum, to abuse, reproach one; b. á. e-m, to attack one with blows, give one a thrashing,; b. á hurð, dyrr, at hurðu, at dyrum, to knock, rap at a door; b. sér á brjóst, to smite one's breast (in repentance); b. til e-s = b. á e-m; b. e-n til e-s, to drive one with blows to do a thing (verða barðr til bœkr); (2) with dit., b. grjóti i andlit e-m, to throw stones in one's face; b. saman vápnum, skjöldum, to dash weapons, shields against each other; b. (to neglect, slight) guðs boðum; b. e-u niðr (opp. to ljósta e-u upp), to hush up; (3) intrans., hjarta hans barði (beat, throbbed) undir síðunni; (4) impers., skýjagrjóti barði í augu þeim, hailstones dashed in their eyes; þeim barði saman, they dashed against each other; (5) refl., berjast, to fight (við e-n, with or against a person. við veðr, against bad weather; við e-m, for a person); b. á e-t, to assail attack (b. á borgina, á guðs lýð); þótt hann berðist lengi mót (offered resistance).
berja-vin, n. berry-wine.
berkja (-ta, -t), v. to boast, brag.
ber-kyrtlaðr, a. wearing the kirtle only, without cloak or mantle;
-leggjaðr, -leggr, a. bare-legged:
-liga, adv. (1) openly, barely (2) quite, altogether (berliga úviljandi)
-ligr, a. open, manifest, clear.
berlings-áss, m. pole (-áss digr þrettán alna langr).
ber-málugr, a. outspoken;
-mælgi, f., -mæli, n. pl. outspokenness, frankness;
-mæltr, a. = -málugr.
bernska, f. childhood (hann var þá í bernsku).
bernsk-liga, adv. childishly;
-ligr, a. childish;
bernskr, a. childish, childlike.
bernsku-aldr, m. years, days, of childhood;
-bragð, n. childish trick;
-ligr, a. belonging to childhood, childish;
-maðr, m. childish person, youth;
-ráð, n. childish design.
berr, a. (1) bare, naked (lík bert ok blóðugt); undir berum himni, in the open air; hvíla á berri jörðu, on the bare ground; (2) open, clear, manifest; segja e-t berum orðum, in plain words verða berr at e-u, to be convicted of a thing; gøra e-t bert, to make known; gøra sik beran í e-u, to reveal, show one's mind in a thing; vóru berastir í því þrændir, the Th. were most undisguised in it.
ber-serkr (-s, -ir), m. 'bear-sark', berserker, a wild warrior of the heathen age.
berserka-gangr. m. fury of the berserkers.
bersi, m., see 'bessi'.
ber-shjaldaðr, a. without a shield;
-syndugr, a. guilty of open sin (bersyndugr maðr);
-sögli, f. outspokenness, freedom of speech.
bert, adv. openly, clearly (mæla b.).
ber-yrði, n. pl. = bermæli, bersögli.
bessi (for 'bersi ', cf. 'bera ', f.), m. he-bear, Bruin.
besti, n. = bast.



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