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ok digr sem d.); (2) one of the short pillars which support the beams and rafters in a house; (3) some kind of ornament (? a brooch) in a lady's dress (sat þar kona . . . dúkr var á hálsi, dvergar á öxlum).
dvina (-að), v. to dwindie, cease, subside (dvinar þroti þjótanda hafs); d. munda ek láta ferðina, I would let the journey drop; sœkjum til borgarinnar ok gerið eigi at d. við, do not saunter.
dvöl (gen. dvalar, pl. dvalar or dvalir), f. (1) short stay, stop; delay; eiga skamma dvöl, to make a short stay; meðan þessi d. (pause) var bera til dvala, to cause delay; (2) in prosody, quantity
dvol, n. pl. delay; svá at engi skulu d. á vera, without delay; urðu d. dœgra, her life was prolonged.
dyblissa, dybliza, f. dungeon, myrkvastofa.
dygð, f. (1) probity, faithfulness: lið ok d. (help and faithful service) góðs drengs; trúa em til dygðar um et, to trust in one's integrity; (2) virtue, virtuous deed (fyirir þvílíkar dygðir veitti gúð honum sína miskunn); (3) help (biðið hann veita yðr d.) (4) virtue, good quality (þat tré hefir fjórar dygðir, þá fyrstu, at þat kann eigi fúna).
dygðar-dœmi, n. an instant of virtuous action;
-lauss, a. (1) devoid of virtues (-laus grós); (2) wicked (var hann svá -lauss, at)
-leysi, n. faithlessness, wickedness;
-maðr, m. trusty man;
-verk, n. virtuous action;
-þjónasta, f. efficacious, faithful service.
dygðugr, a. (1) faithful, trusty (d. maðr); (2) efficacious (dygðugt oleum).
dyggi-liga, adv. (1) faithfully (varð veita et liga); (2) thoroughly (liga þurr);
-ligr, a. faithful, honest (lig þjónosta).
dygg-leikr, m. faithfulness, probity.
dygg-liga, adv. = dyggiliga.
dyggr (accus. dyggvan, rarely dyggan), a. faithful, trusty; dyggvar dróttir, worthy, good people.
dykr (pl. dykir), m. a crashing noise; varð af því d. mikill, it gave a great crash.
dylgjur, f. pl. suppressed enmity (vóru dylgjur miklar með þeim).
dylja (dyl; dulda; duldr, duliðr, dulinn), v. (1) to keep (one) in ignorance of a thing. d. en es (eigi skalt þú þat gera at d. þik sjálfan sanninda); d. es, to conceal, deny, disavow, Þórir dylr þess ekki, Thor does not deny it; Eysteinn duldi þeirra orða fyrir sik, E. professed that he had never said any stuch thing; allir duldu, at né eitt vissi til Hrapps, all pretended ignorance about Hrapp; vera, ganga, duldr (duliðr, dulinn) es, to be unaware of, to be kept in ignorance of (hefir hon verit alls þessa duld; veit engi ætt mína ok ganga þess allir duldir); dulið (dulin) ertu, Hyndla, H., thou art mistaken (deceived); duliðr (dulinn) at em, mistaken about one; (2) refl., dyljast, to conceal (hide) oneself; at þat sé flugumenn ok vili d. (disguise themselves) undir munka búnaði; d. í eu, to conceal a thing from oneself, be ignorant of = ganga duldr es (Eiríkr konungr þarf nú ekki at d. í því, at); d. við e-t, to refuse to acknowledge, to ignore; trúit þessu eigi, meðan þér megit d., as long as you can ignore it, till you get full evidence; en Sveinn duldist við þat, but S. shrank from believing it.
dylminn, a. careless, indifferent.
dymbil-dagar, m. pl. the three days before Easter.
dymbildaga-vika, f. Holy Week, Passion Week.
dyn-bjalla, f. a tinkling bell.
dyngja, f. a lady's bower (brúðrin sat í dyngju sinni uni daginn).
dyngju-veggr, m. the wall of a dyngja.
dynja (dyn, dunda, dunit), v. (1) to boom, resound (fram reið Óðinn, foldvegr dundi); (2) to gush, shower, pour; blóð dynr ór sárum e-s, blood gushes out of his wounds; dundi ákaft regn ór lopti, the rain poured down in streams; dundu á þá (or þeim)

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