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Viktor Rydberg's Investigations into Germanic Mythology Volume II  : Part 2: Germanic Mythology
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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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-stigr, m. a wrong path;
-víg, n. accidental manslaughter.
glata, (), v. (1) to destroy (g. e-u); (2) to lose; refl., glatast, to be lost.
glatan, f. perdition.
glatuns-hundr, m. glutton (?).
glaumr, m. noisy merriment; glaums andvana, cheerless.
glam-sýni, f. illusion.
gleða, f. glede, kite (bird).
gleði, f. gladness, merriment, joy (var þar þá g. mikil).
gleði-bragð
, n. joyful mien;
-dagar, m. pl. days of happiness;
-fullr, a. joyful;
-ligr, a. glad;
-maðr, m. cheery man;
-mót, n. = -bragð;
-orð, n. pl. words of joy;
-stundir, f. pl. merry, happy time;
-vist, f. merry sojourn.
gleðja (gleð, gladda, gladdr), v. to gladden, make glad; refl., gleðjast, to be glad, rejoice.
glefja, f. spear, lance (for. word).
glefsa (-ta), v. to snap at (g. í e-t).
glens, n. gibing, gibe, jest, banter.
glensa (), v. to jest, make fun.
glensan, f. gibing, jesting.
glens-ligr, a. bantering;
-mikill, a. full of jesting or gibes;
-yrði, n. pl. jesting or gibing speech.
glepja (glep, glapta, glaptr), v. (1) to confuse one (in reading, speaking); (2) to confound (g. sókn, vörn); (3) to beguile (g. konu).
gler, n. (1) glass; háll sern g., slippery as glass; bresta í gleri, to break into shivers; (2) looking-glass.
gler-gluggr, m. glass-window;
-steinar, m. pl. glass stones, agates;
-tölur, f. pl. glass beads.
glett, n., gletta, f. banter, raillery, taunting; fara (ganga, ríða) í glett við e-n, to provoke one.
glettast (tt), v. refl. to banter, rail against one, taunt, provoke an enemy (g. við e-n).
gletti-liga, adv. tauntingly.
glettingr, m. = glett, gletta.
glettings-bára
, f. splashing wave.
glettinn, a. bantering.
glettni, f. = glett (eiga g. við e-n).
glettu-atsókn, f. a feint to provoke the enemy to attack.
glettunar-maðr, m.; engi glettunar-maðr, a man not to be trifled with.
gleyma (-da, -dr), v. (1) to make a merry noise (glaumr); (2) with dat. to forget (gleymt hefi ek þessu).
gleym-samligr, a. forgetful.
gleymska, f. forgetfulness.
gleypa (-ta, -tr), v. to swallow.
glissa (-sta), v. to grin, gabble.
glit, n. 'glitter'; ofit í g., brocaded.
glita, glitra (), v. to glitter.
glíkindi, glíking, glíkja, glíkligr, glíkr = líkindi, líking, etc.
glíma (-da, -t), v. to wrestle.
glíma, f. wrestling.
glíminn, a. expert as a wrestler.
glímu-brögð, n. pl. wrestling-tricks;
-félagi, m. wrestling-mate;
-fœrr, a. able-bodied as a wrestler;
-mannliga, adv. like a good wrestler.
gljá (-ða, -ð), v. to glisten, shine.
gljúfr, n. pl. rocky (sides of a) ravine.
gljúfróttr, a. rocky.
glott, n. grin, sneer, scornful smile; draga g. at e-u, to sneer at.
glotta (-tta, -tt), v. to grin (g. at or við e-u); g. við tönn, to smile scornfully and show the teeth.
glóa (, or -óða, -ót), v. (1) to shine, glitter (glóar nökkut í götunni); (2) to glow with heat; glóanda járn, red-hot iron.
glóð (pl. glœðr), f. red-hot embers.
glóðar-ker, n. fire-pan.
glóð-rauðr, a. red as embers.
glófaðr, a. gloved;
glófi, m. glove.
gló-föxóttr, a. light-maned.
glópaldi, m. fool.
glópr, m. fool.
glósa (), v. to explain by a gloss.
gluggaðr, pp. with windows.
glugga-þykkn, f. dense clouds with openings in them.
gluggr (-s, pl. -ar), m. opening (in a wall, roof, etc.), esp. window.
glumr, n. noise, rattle, clatter.
glumra (), v. to rattle, clatter.
glutr, n. squandering, lavishment.
glutra (), v. to squander.
glutrs-maðr, m. spendthrift.
glutrunar-maðr, m. = glutrsmaðr;
-samr, a. lavish, extravagant.
glúpna (), v. to become downcast.
glymja (glym, glumda, glumiðr), v. to dash noisily, splash (unnirglymja), clatter (glumdu jöklar), rattle.



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