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dæla, f. ship's pump.
dældar-maðr, m. gentle, easy man (hann var engi -maðr ok hinn mesti garpr).
dæll, a. gentle, easy to deal with (vertu nú dæl meðan ek em brautu; ekki þótta ek dæll heima) ; þat er eigi svá dælt (= auðvelt, easy) at taka Sigurð jarl af lífdögum; dælt er heima hvat, anything will pass at home; gera sér dælt við e-n, to put oneself on a free, familiar footing with one (Þórðr gerði sér dælt við þau Þorvald ok Guðrúnu) ; ek mun nú gera mér dælt um ráðagørð við þik, I will take the liberty to give thee straightforward advice.
dæl-leiki, -leikr, m. familiarity; gør allt í -leikum við oss, make no ceremony with us;
-ligleikr, m, = -leikr
-ligr, a, pleasant to look at, genteel,
dælu-austr, m, baling out a ship with a dæla;
-ker, n, a kind of bucket.
dæsa (-ta -t), v. to fetch a deep groan (d. við); refl., dasast, to become exhausted.
dæstr, pp. exhausted, worn-out.
dœgr, n. (1) one half of the astron. day, twelve hours of the day or night (í degi dœgr tvau, í dœgri stundir tólf; tuttugu ok fjórar stundir skulu vera í tveimr dœgrum); (2) an astronomical day; twenty-four hours; sjau dœgra sigling, a sail of seven days (between Norway and Iceland).
dœgra-far, n. the division of day and night;
-mót, n. the twilight at morning and evening.
-skipti, n. = -far;
-stytting, f. pastime;
-tal, n. calculation of time.
dœgr-far, n. = dœgrafar;
-ganga, f. twelve hours' walk.
dœl, dœld, f. a little dale, recess.
dœll, m. dalesman, mostly in plur. compounds. (Laxdœlir, Fljótsdœlir, Vatnsdœlir, &c).
dœlska, f. idle talk, nonsense.
dœlskr, a. foolish, = fólskr.
dœma (-da, -dr), v. (1) to give judgement, pass sentence; d. mál, to give judgement in a case; d. dóm, to give a verdict or sentence; d. sekt, útlegð, to pass sentence of a fine, out-lawry; d. eindaga á fé, to fix a term for payment; d. lög, to pass a lawful sentence; d, e-n skógarmann, to proclaim one an outlaw; d. e-m e-t, to adjudge a thing to one; d. e-m dóm, to deal out a sentence to one; d, e-n af e-u, to declare one to have forfeited (d. e-n af sinni sœmd) ; d. um e-t, to judge of; (2) to talk, converse; d. við e-n, to talk with one; drekka ok d., to drink and talk; en er þeir áttu of þessa hluti at d., when they were talking of those things.
dœma-fátt, a. n. almost unexampled;
-fróðr, a. wise in old instances;
-lauss, a. unexampled;
-maðr, m. a man to be imitated.
dœmandi (pl. -endr), m, a judge = dómandi, dómari.
dœmi, n. (1) proof, reason; draga þeir eigi sízt til dœmis þar um, at, in proof of this they specially adduce the fact, that; (2) incident, fact; þó hafa mörg dœmi orðit, í forneskju, yet many things have happened in elden times; hörð dœmi, hard fate; at eigi verði oss Adams d., that the same shall not happen to us as to A. (3) tale, story (Ari prestr fróði, er mörg dœmisparklig hefir saman sett); (4) poem, verses (þessi dœmi öll eru kveðin um þenna atburð); (5) quotation (draga fram dœmi af bókum); (6) example for imitation, model (eptir dœmum kristinna manna); taka d. af e-m, to take an example by one; (7) example, instance, precedent (djarfari en dœmi munu til vera); umfram d., ór dœmum, unexampled, unprecedented (kom þá svá mikill snjór, at þat var ór dœmum); meirr en til dœmis or til dœma at taka (draga), to take an example.
dœmi-lauss, a. = dœma-lauss.
dœming, f. judgement.
dœmi-saga, f. tale, parable, fable.
-stóll, m. judgement seat.
döf, f. (1) rump (döfin dýrsins); (2) a kind of spear.
dögg, (gen. döggvar, dat. dögg or döggu; pl. döggvar), f. dew;
-fall,

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