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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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milli þeirra);
-liga, adv. familiarly, intimately (kveðjast -liga);
-maðr, m. = kunningi.
kunnr, a. (1) known (þér munu kunnar leiðir); k. at e-u, known for something (þú ert k. at drengskap); (2) familiar; þeir vóru mjök kunnir áðr, intimate friends.
kurfi, n. cuttings of wood.
kurfla (), v. to chop (wood).
kurfr (-s, -ar), m. chip, cut-off piece.
kurr, m. (1) murmur, grumbling (of a number of persons); (2) rumour (spurðist þessi k. í Vindland).
kurra (), v. to murmur, grumble (kurruðu bœndr mjök).
kurr-hugi, m. low spirits; vera í -huga, to be anxious, concerned.
kurteisi, f. courtesy, good manners, chivalry (hann lét kenna honum alls konar k.).
kurteis-liga, adv. (1) courteously, gracefully (heilsa -liga); (2) with dignity, nobly (bar hann svá -liga sinn harm);
-ligr, a. courteous, graceful.
kurteiss, a. courteous, well-bred (væn kona ok kurteis); hann var lítill vexti, en þó k., he was small of stature, but yet elegant.
kúfóttr, a. convex (kúfótt hvel).
kúfungr (-s, -ar), m. sea snail.
kúga (), v. to cow, force, tyrannize over (ek man ekki k. hann til nökkurra hluta); k. e-t af e-m, to press out of one; láta kúgast, to let oneself be cowed into submission.
kúgan, f. oppression, use of force (hafðu k. við þá uppi við fjöllin).
kú-gildi, n. cow's value, = kýrlag;
-gildr, a. of a cow's value.
kúla, f. knob, boss, ball.
kúlu-bakr, m. humpback.
kúr-hugi, m. = kurr-hugi.
kvaða, f. request, claim, demand.
kvaðning, f. (1) greeting, salutation; (2) request, demand.
kvaka (), v. to twitter, chirp.
kvak-samr, a. whining, querulous.
kvala-, gen. pl. from 'kvöl';
-lauss, a. without torments;
-maðr, m. kvalari;
-staðr, m. place of torment.
kvalari, m. tormentor.
kval-ræði, n. torture, torments.
kval-samligr, a. tormenting.
kvanta (), v. to molest, injure.
kvantr, m. loss, damage.
kvarði, m. yard-wand.
kvarta (), v. to complain; k. um e-t, to complain of a thing.
kvartsamr, a. given to complaining.
kváma, f. arrival, = koma.
kván, f. wife (Heðins k.).
kvánar-efni,
n. one's future wife;
-mundr, m. a sum paid by a man for his wife.
kván-bœnir, f. pl. wooing;
-fang, n. taking a wife; marriage; match (gott -fang), wife.
kvánga (), v. to make a man marry; kvángaðr, married; refl., kvángast, to marry, take a wife.
kvángan, f. the taking of a wife.
kván-lauss, a. wifeless, unmarried, widowed;
-ríki, n. the domineering of a wife; hafa -ríki, to be hen-pecked.
kvára (), v. to rattle.
kvátra, f. a kind of backgammon.
kveða (kveð; kvað, kváðum; kveðinn), v. (1) to say, utter; hann kvað eigi orð, he did not utter a word; k. gleði-orð, to say a cheerful word; with infin., hann kvað þat satt vera, he said it was true; k. at orði, to express oneself, say, speak; (2) to (compose and) say aloud (hann kvað vísu); to recite, repeat (S. bað hann þá k. kvæðit þat, er hann hafði ort); (3) with preps., k. at, to say, state; gramm. to pronounce, sound; k. e-t at e-m, to inflict on; mikill harmr er at oss kveðinn, great grief has been sent on us; k. á, to fix, determine (k. á stefnudag); impers. to state; kveðr þar skýrt á þetta, it is there expressly stated; to cancel, object to (k. á gögn, to cancel the evidence) to make up one's mind, resolve; k. e-t upp, to recite, declare (þat skulu lög vera, sem hann kveðr upp); k. við, to reply, answer (hitki hann veit, hvat hann skal við k., ef); to utter a cry, &c. (hundrinn kvað við hátt); to sound (því næst kvað lúðr við); (4) refl., kveðast, to say of oneself; þeir er bisku par kváðust vera, who said they were bishops; hann kveðst eigi



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