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her-togi, M. (1) commander of troops (2) duke;
-váðir, f. pl. armour;
-vápn, n. pl. weapons;
-vegr, m. highway;
-virki, n. ravaging, plundering, damage.
hér-vist, f. dwelling, here.
her-vigi, n. ravage, man-slaughter
-víkingr, m. plunderer, pirate;
-væða (-dda, -ddr), v. = hér-klæða.
herzla, f. tempering (of steel).
her-þurft, f. want of troops;
-ör, f. 'war-arrow' (sent round as a to of war); skera upp -ör, to summon a district to arms.
hesli, n. hazel-wood;
-kylfa, f. hazel club;
-skógr, m. hazel-wood;
-stöng , f. hazel-pole;
-vóndr, m. hazel wand;
hespa, f. (1) hasp, fastening; skein (of wool).
hesta-at, n. horse-fight;
-birgr, a. Well provided with horses;
-geldir, m. horse gelder;
-geymsla, f. horse keeping;
-gneggjan, f. neighing of horses;
-gnýr, m. noise (din) of horsemen;
-járn, n. pl. horse-shoes;
-keyrsla, f. driving the horses on, in horse-fight;
-kostr, m. supply of horses (hafa lítinn -kost);
-líð, n. horsemen;
-maðr, m. = -svein
-skipti, n. change of horses;
-stafr, m. horse staff (used in a horse-fight).
-stallr, m. = hest-hús;
-sveinn, m. horse boy, groom;
-vað, n. horse ford;
-víg, n. horse flght;
-þing, n. a meeting for a public horse fight;
hest-bak, a. horse-back;
-bein, n. horse bone;
-birgr, a. = hestabirgr
-brynja, f. armour for a war-horse,
-búnaðr, m. horse-gear
-fœrr, a. able to ride;
-gangr. m. set of horse shoes;
-gjöf, f. gift of a horse;
-hús, n. horse-stall, stable;
-klárr, m. hack
-lán, n. loan of a horse;
-lause, a. without a horse.
hestr (-a, -ar), m. (1) stallion (hestar þrír ok merhross eitt); (2) horse.
hest-skeið, n. race-course;
-skór, m. horse-shoe;
-tonn, f. horse's tooth
-verð, n. horse's worth;
-vig, n. hesta-víg;
-vörðr, m. mounted guard (halda hestvörð).
hetja, f hero, dauntless man.
hetju-skapr, rn. courage, valour.
hetta, f (1) hood; (2) a kind of cape.
hey (dat. heyi or heyvi), n. hay; hirða h., to get in hay; pl. stores of hay (hann hefir rænt mik öllum heyjum).
hey-annir, f. pl. hay-making time, haying season;
-björg, f. stores of hay (varð all-lítil -björg manna);
-des, f. hay-rick;
-fang, n. produce of hay;
-fátt, a. n., var -fátt, there was little hay;
-garðr, m. stack-yard;
heygja (-ta, -tr), v. to bury in a how (haugr), = haugfœra.
hey-gjöf, f. giving hay (to horses or cows);
-hjálmr, m. hay-rick;
-hlass, n. load of hay.
heyja (hey; háða, haiðr), v. (1) to hold conduct, (h. þing, dóm); h. gleði to indulge in mirth; h. sér orðfjölda to acquire a store of words; (2) h. orrostu, bardaga, hólmgöngu to fight a battle or duel (hann hafði margar orrostur háðar); refl., heyjast við (viz. bardaga), to fight, bandy words (þeir háðust þar við um stund).
heykjast (t), v. refl. to bend, cower down (h. niðr).
hey-kleggi. m. = hey-des;
-kostr, m. stores of hay;
-lauss, a. short of hay;
-leiga, f. rent paid in hay;
-leysi, n. failure in hay;
-lítill, a. short hay; var hey-litit, there was little hay;
heyra, (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to hear; h. heyrir þat, er gras grœr á jörðu hears the grass grow; h. ilia, hard of hearing; h. e-t til e-s, to hear (a sound)from one; hefir hvárki heyrt til hans styn né hosta, neither groan nor cough has been heard from him; heyrir blástr (acc.) hans í alla heima, when he blows, it can he heard in all the worlds; (2) to listen to, give ear to; h. bœn e-s, to listen to (to grant one's prayer; h. á e-t, to listen (= hlýða á e-t); (3) h. til e-s or e-m til, to belong to, concern (þetta mál, er heyrir til dóttur þinnar); þat er til mín heyrir, as far as I am concerned; (4) with dat. to behave (mér heyrir eigi at þegja við yðr) (5) refl. e-m heyrist e-t. one thinks he hears; þá heyrðist þeim öllum sem sveinninn kvæði þetta. they all thought they heard the boy say this (verse).

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