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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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was a (drifting) snow-storm; nú er fokit í flest skjól, now most places of shelter are snowed up; no refuge is left; (2) fig. to fly off, (fauk at höfuðið); láta fjúka í kveðlingum, to let satiric verses fly.
fjúk-renningr, m. drifting snow;
-vitri, n. snow-storm.
fjöðr (gen. fjaðrar, pl. fjaðrar), (1) feather, quill; draga f. um e-t, to slur over a thing; (2) fin or tail of a fish; (3) blade of a spear.
fjöl (gen. fjalar, pl. fialar, flalir), f. deal, board.
fjöl-, used as a prefix, much, manifold;
-beiðni, f. hard begging, insistance;
-breytinn, a. changeable, whimsical;
-bygðr, pp. thickly peopled.
fjöld, f. multitude, great number, much; f. ek fór, I have travelled far.
fjöldi, m. multitude; f. manna, skipa, a great number of men, ships.
fjölga (), v. to make more numerous; impers., fjölgar e-t, and refl., fjölgast, to become numerous, increase in number.
fjölgan. f. increase in number.
fjöl-höfðaðr, a. many-headed.
fjöl-kunnigr, a. skilled in magic.
fjöl-kyngi, f. the black art, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery.
fjölkyngis-fólk, n. wizard-folk;
-íþrótt, f. magic art;
-kona, f. sorceress, witch;
-veðr, n. gale produced by sorcery.
fjöllóttr, a. mountainous.
fjöl-lyndi, n. looseness, fickleness;
-lyndr, a. loose, fickle;
-margr, a. very many;
-málugr, a. tattling;
-menna (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to make numerous, increase in number; (2) to crowd, meet in crowds;
-menni, n. many people, crowd;
-mennr, a. numerous, with many people (riðu menn -mennir til þings); fjöl-menn veizla, a great banquet; kemr þar fjölmennt, many people;
-mæli, n. pl. common talk (fara, fœra, í -mæli); (2) slander;
-nýtr, a. useful in many ways;
-orðr, a. talkative;
-ráðr, a. fickle, loose;
-rœðinn, a. = -orðr;
-rœðr, a. much talked of; gerist (er) -rœtt um e-t, it is much talked of;
-skruðigr, a. dressy;
-skyld, f. important business;
-skylda, f. much business, duties;
-skyldi.
n. much business, duties;
-skyldr, a. important (-skylt embætti).
fjör, (dat. fjörvi) n. life; eiga fótum fjör at launa, to make the heels save the head.
fjör-baugr, m. 'life-money'.
fjörbaugs-garðr, m. the lesser outlawry;
-maðr, m. one sentenced to this;
-sok, f. a case involving this.
fjör-brot, n. pl. death-struggle (ligga, vera, í -brotum).
fjörðr (gen. fjarðar, dat. firði; pl. firðir, acc. fjörðu), m. firth, inlet.
fjör-gjafi, m. one who saves anothers life.
Fjörgyn (gen. -jar) , f. Mother-earth, Mother of Thor;
fjör-lag, n. death slaughter (verða e-m. at -lagi);
-lausn, f. (1) release from life; þola-lausn, to suffer death (2) ransom for one's life (Æsir bjóða fyrir sik -lausn);
-lok, n. pl. end of life, death;
-löstr, m. loss of life, death; verða e-m at -lesti, to cause one's death;
-ráð, n. plotting against one's life.
fjörráða-sók, f. a case of fjörráð.
fjörráðs-mál, n. a suit for fjörráð.
fjör-segi, m. 'life-muscle', the heart
-sjúkr, a. dangerousiy ill.
fjörsungr, m. a kind of fish.
fjöru-grjót, n. the gravel (pebbles) on the beach;
-mál, n. (1) low-water mark, (2) foreshore, beach;
-steinn, m. pebble.
fjötra (), v. to fetter; f., hest, to hobble a horse.
flötra-brot, n. pl. fragments of fetter.
fjötrar-bora, -rauf, f. a hole in a sledge through which the strap goes.
fjötur-lauss, a. unfettered.
fjöturr (gen. fjöturs and fjötrar pl. fjötrar), m. (1) fetter, shackle (setja e-n í fjötur); (2) the straps of a sledge (sleða-fjötrar).
flaðra (), v. to fawn (f. at e-m).
flag-brjóska, n., cartilage of the breastbone.
flagð, n. female monster, ogress, giantess; opt eru flögð í fögru skinni, oft lurks a witch under a fair skin.
flagð-kona, f. ogress = tröllkona.
flagna (), v. to flake (scale) off.



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