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hepti, n. haft (of a dirk).
hepting, f. tether; impediment.
hepti-sax, n. a kind of digger.
hér, adv. (1) here; á landi h., in this country; h. ok hvar, here and there; (2) here, hither (margir þeir er h. koma); (3) with preps., h. af, here from, from this; h. eptir, hereafter, according to this; h. fyrir, for this, therefore; h. til, hereto; h. um, in this, as regards this.
herað, n. (1) district; (2) country, opp. to 'bœr' (town).
heraðs-bóndi, m. franklin;
-bót, f. bettering the affairs of a district;
-brestr, m. a crash that can be heard all over the district;
-bygð, f. a district and its people;
-deild, f. district quarrel;
-fteygr, a. quickly known over a district;
-flótti, m. flight or exile from a district;
-fundr, m. district meeting;
-íseta, f. = heraðs-vist;
-kirkja, f. parish church;
-konungr, n. kinglet;
-ríkr, a. of influence in one's district;
-sekr, a. outlawed within a district;
-sekt, f. outlawry within a district;
-stjórn, f. district government;
-vist, f. abiding within a certain district;
-vært, a. n., eiga -vært, to be at liberty to reside within a district;
-þing, n. district assembly (in contrast to the 'alþingi').
herað-vært, a. n. = heraðs-vært.
her-baldr, m. poet., warrior.
her-bergi, n. (1) room; (2) lodgings, quarters (var þeim vísat fyrst í gesta-hús til herbergis).
herbergis-maðr, m., groom of the chamber.
-sveinn, m. groom of the chamber.
herbergja (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to harbour (a person); (2) to lodge, take up one's quarters (= h. sik).
her-blástr, m. blast of trumpets
-boð, n. war summons;
-brestr, m. explosion;
-búdir, f. pl. camp;
-búinn, pp. armed;
-búnaðr, m. armament.
herða (-rða, -rðr), v. (1) to make hard, temper (h. járn , sverð); (2) to press, clench; h. hendr (knúa) at e-u, to clench with the hands (fists); fig., h. atgöngu, to make the attack harder; (3) to make firm, exhort; h. huginn, h. sik, to take heart, exert oneself; (4) absol. to follow closely, pursue vigorously (Birkibeinar herðu eptir þeim); h. áfram, to push on; h. at (e-m) to press hard (upon one); (5) impers. to become hard; veðr (acc.) herði, it blew up a gale; herði seglit, the sail was strained hard (by the gale) (6) refl. to take heart (bað konungr menn vel við herðast).
herða, f. (1) tempering (of steel) steelings, (2) hardness, severity
herða-drengr, m. hump on the back (cf. ' herðar');
-lítill, a. narrow shouldered;
-munr, m. superiority, superior force.
herðar, f. pl. shoulders, the upper part of the back.
herðar-blað, n. shoulder blade;
herða-sár, n. a wound over the shoulders;
-toppr, m. shoulder tuft (of a horse's mane);
-herði, f. hardness, hardihood
herði-breiðr,a. broad-shouldered;
-lítill, a. = herðalítill;
-lútr, a. with stooping shoulders.
herði-maðr, rn. hardy man.
herði-mikill, a. = herði-breiðr;
-þykkr, a. thick-shouldered.
herðu-góðr, a. well tempered (øx herðugóð ok snarpegg).
her-draga (see draga), v. to drag violently (at grípa, slá, eða h.).
her-fang, n. booty (taka fé e-s at -fangi);
-fenginn, pp. captured, taken by force;
-ferð, f. (1) warfare, military expedition; (2) host.
herfi, n. harrow.
herfi-liga, adv. wretchedly;
-ligr, a. wretched.
        her-fjóturr, m.'war-fetter';
-flokkr, m. body of warriors;
-fólk, n. men of war;
-fórur, f. pl. harness;
-fœrr, a. able for war service;
-för, f. = -ferð (1); ganga, f. march
-gjarn, a. warlike;
-glötuðr, m. destroyer of hosts;
-hlaup, n. rushing to arms;
-horn, n. war trumpet
heri, m. hare; hafa hera hjarta, to be hare-hearted.
herja (að), v. (1) to go harrying or freebooting; (2) with acc. to despoil, waste (h. land); refl., herjast á, to harry (wage war on) one another

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