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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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n. (1) head (höggva h. af e-rn); láta e-n höfði skemmra, to behead one; strjúka aldrei um frjálst h., to be never free, never at ease; skera e-m h., to make a wry face at one; heita í h. e-m, to be called after a person; hætta höfði, to risk one's life; leggja við h. sitt, to stake one's head; fœra e-m h. sitt, to surrender oneself to an enemy; drepa niðr höfði, to droop the head; þoku hóf af höfði, the fog lifted; stíga yfir h. e-m, to overcome one; hlaða helium að höfði e-m, to leave one dead on the spot; ganga milli bols ok höfuðs e-s or á e-m, to hew of one's head, to kill outright; senda e-n til höfuðs e-m, to send one to take another's head; leggja fé til höfuðs e-m, to set a price on one's head; leggjast e-t undir h.,to put aside, neglect (Þ. lagðist eigi þessa ferð undir h.); vera höfði hærri, to be taller by a head; (2) head, chief (h. lendra manna); Þrándheimr hefir lengi verið kallaðr h. Noregs, the chief district of Norway; (3) ornamental prow of a ship (skip með gyltum höfðum); ornamental head on a bridle (slitnaði sundr beizlit, ok týndist h., er á var).
höfuð-á, f. chief river;
-árr, m. archangel;
-átt, f. cardinal point;
-baðmr, m. the 'head stem', agnate lineage;
-band, n. head-band, snood, fillet;
-bani, m. death, destruction;
-bein, n. pl. head-bones;
-benda, f. (1) naut. slay, shroud; (2) fig. stay, support;
-blót, n. chief sacrifice;
-borg, f. head town, capital;
-ból, n. chief estate, manorial estate;
-brot, n. great dammage, ruin;
-burðr, m. 'bearing of the head', fig. honour, credit, prestige; e-m er lítill -burðn at e-u, it does him little honour (credit);
-bœr, m. = -ból;
-dúkr, m. head-kerchief, hood;
-faðir, m. protector, patron;
-firn, n. pl. great scandal;
-gersemi, f. great jewel;
-gjarnt, a. n. fatal, dangerous to one's life;
-gjöf, f. capital gift;
-goð, n. principal god;
-gæfa, f. great luck;
-hátíð, f. principal feast;
-hetja, f. great champion, chief;
-hlutr, m. the upper part of the body, opp. to 'fótahlutr';
-hof, n. chief temple;
-ísar, m. pl. great masses of ice, ice-banks;
-kempa, f. = -hetja;
-kennimaðr, m. great clerk, ecclesiastic;
-kirkja, f. high-church, cathedral;
-klerkr, m. great clerk or scholar;
-konungr, m. sovereign king;
-lausn, f. 'head-ransom' (the name of three old poems);
-lauss, a. (1) headless, without a head; (2) without a leader (-lauss herr);
-leðr, n. head-piece of a bridle;
-læknir, m, chief physician;
-löstr, m. cardinal sin;
-maðr, m. head-man, chief;
-mein, n. sore (boil) on the head;
-meistari, m. head-master;
-merki, n. (1) chief mark, characteristic; (2) chief standard;
-mikill, a. big-headed;
-mundr, m. ransom;
-nauðsyn, f. great need;
-niðjar, m. pl. head-kinsmen, agnates;
-órar, m. pl. delirium;
-ráð, n. chief council;
-ráðgjafl, m. chief adviser;
-sár, n. wound in the head.
höfuðs-bani, m. = höfuðbani.
höfuð-skáld, n. great poet;
-skepna, f. prime element;
-skutilsveinn, m. head-cupbearer;
-skömm, f. great shame, scandal;
-skörungr, m. great and noble person.
höfuðs-maðr, m. head-man, leader, chief (vel til fallinn at vera -maðr).
höfuð-smátt, f. the opening-for the head (in a shirt or smock-frock);
-smiðr, m. chief builder;
-staðr, m. capital, chief place;
-steypa, f. tumbling on the head (fara -steypu);
-sviða, f. singed sheep's head;
-svörðr, m. head-skin, scalp; standa yfir -svörð-um e-s, to have an enemny's head in one's power;
-synd, f. cardinal sin;
-sæti, n. chief seat;
-tunga, f. chief language;
-vápn, n. principal weapon;
-veizla, f. chief banquet;
-vél, f. chief device;
-verkr, m. headache;
-vinr, m. bosom friend;
-vörðr, m. bodyguard;
-þing, n. chief meeting;
-þváttr, m. head-washing;
-ætt, f. = -átt;
-œrr, a. insane;
-œrsl, n. pl., -œrslur, f. pl. = -órar.
höfug-leikr, m. heaviness.
höfugr, a. (1) heavy (h. steinn); (2) heavy with sleep, drowsy; e-m er höfugt, one is sleepy.



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