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lekaðr, pp. leaky (lekat skip).
lekast (að), v. refl. to spring a leak.
leki, m. leakage, leak; kóma þá lekar at skipinu, the ship sprang a leak.
lekr, a. leaky (skipin vóru lek).
lektari, m. lectern, reading desk.
lembdr, pp. with lamb (lembd ær).
lemja (lem, lamda, lamiðr), v. (1) to thrash, flog, beat (þeir lömdu hann náliga til bótleysis); (2) l. niðr, to beat down, suppress (hafa vald til þess at niðr l. allan mátt illgjarnra anda); (3) refl. to be severely injured (svá mikit högg, at haussinn lamdist).
lemstr, m. lameness, infirmity.
lén, n. (1) fief, fee (halda lönd ok lén af konungi); (2) royal grant or emolument; (3) royal revenue; (4) share of good things (sumir hafa lítit lén eða lof).
léna, f. pad or cushion which is placed under a pack-saddle.
lend (pl. –ir and –ar), f. loin, rump.
lenda (-da, -nt), v. (1) to land, with dat. (l. báti, skipi); (2) to land, come to land (síðan lendu þeir upp frá Bakka); (3) impers., e-m lendir saman, to clash, come into conflict (mun ek ekki letja, at oss lendi saman); e-u lendir, to come to an end; þar lendir þessi viðrœðu, at, the end of this talk was, that.
lenda, f. land, estate.
lenda-verkr, m. lumbago.
lend-borinn, pp. sprung from the landed gentry.
lending, f. landing, landing-place.
lendr, a. (1) landed; l. maðr, ‘landed-man’, holding land or emoluments from the king; (2) in compds. (í-lendr, inn-, sam-, út-).
lengd, f. length (of space and time); til lengdar, long, for a long time; nú (or í bráð) ok lengdar, for now and hereafter.
lengi (lengr, lengst), adv. long, for a long time; of l., too long; lengr en skemr, rather long than short, for a good while; with gen., l. vetrar, for a great part of the winter.
lenging, f. lengthening; lífs l., maintenance of life.
lengja (-da, -dr), v. to lengthen (l. líf sitt); var lengt nafn hans, an addition was made to his name; hvat þarf þat l., what need to make a long story?; impers. to become longer (um vetrinn er daga lengdi).
lengja, f. a long piece, strip.
lengr, adv. compar., see ‘lengi’.
lengra, adv. compar. to a greater length; farther, further.
lengrum, adv. compar. longer, farther; for a longer time.
lengstum, adv. superl. mostly, most of the time (hann var þó l. á Grjótá).
leó, león, n. lion.
leoparðr, léparðr, m. leopard.
leppr (-s, -ar), m. (1) lock of hair (fá mér leppa tvá ór hári þínu); (2)rag, tatter (leppr rotinn).
lérept, n. linen, linen cloth.
lerka (að), v. to lace tight (hosur lerkaðar at beini); fig., lerkaðr, bruised, contused (l. af höggum).
les, n. lesson (in divine service).
lesa (les; las, lásum; lesinn), v. (1) to pick up, gather (l. hnetr, ber, aldin); l. saman, to gather, glean (l. saman axhelmur); l. upp, to pick up; (2) to grasp, catch (eldrinn las skjótt tróðviðinn); l. sik upp, to haul oneself up (hann las sik skjótt upp eptir øxarskaptinu); (3) to knit, embroider; (4) to read (l. á bók); l. fram, l. upp, to read aloud; l. um (of) e-n, to speak (evil) of one (l. fár um e-n).
les-bók, f. lesson-book;
-djákn, m. reading clerk;
-kórr, m. reading-desk, lectern.
lesningr, m. reading.
lest, f. (1) burden, cargo; (2) train of packhorses.
lesta (-sta, -str), v. to injure, damage (l. skip sitt); refl., lestast, to be injured, damaged (féll hann af baki ok lestist fótr hans).
lesti, adv., only in the phrase, á l., last, at last.
lestr, m. and f. reading.
lest-reki, m. agent, manager.
leti, f. sloth, laziness;
-fullr, a. slovenly;
-svefn, m. sleep of sloth.
letja (let; latta, lóttum; lattr), v. to hold back, dissuade (one from something), l. e-n e-s (Björn latti ferðar;

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