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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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pass by, go past (er þeir liðu nesit); impers., en er líðr Euphrates á (acc.), when one has passed the E.; sem leið jóladaginn, as the Yule-day passed; þá (or þegar) er e-n líðr, when a person is omitted, passed over; Úlfr jarl var ríkastr í Danm?rku, þegar er konung leið, next to the king; (3) to pass away, elapse, of time (eigi munu margir vetur l. áðr en þér munuð þessa iðrast); at liðnum vetri, when the winter had passed; liðinn, dead, deceased; at liðinn fylki, after my lord's death; (4) impers. with dat., nú líðr, svá d?gum, at, the days draw on; þá var liðit degi, the day was far spent; (5) to go on, take place; ek vil vita, hvat þeim líðr, how they are getting on; ok sér, hvat leið drykkinum, and sees, how it had gone with his drinking; (6) with preps. and advs., l. af e-u, to depart from; l. af heimi, to depart this life; l. af, to pass away (líðr af vetrinn = líðr fram vetrinn); impers., l. at e-u, to approach, draw near; en er at leið jólunum, when it drew nigh Yule; l. at e-m, faintness comes over one; nú tók at l. at Ölvi, O. began to get drunk; G. tók sótt, en er at honum leið, when he was far spent, near his end; líðr at mætti e-s, one's strength gives way; impers., líðr á e-t, the time draws to a close; ok er á leið daginn, when the day was far spent; at áliðnu, in the latter part of a time (um haustit at áliðnu); at áliðnum vetri, towards the end of the winter; l. fram, to pass away, wear on (ok er várit leið fram); also impers., líðr fram e-u = e-t líðr fram (er fram leið nóttinni ok dró at degi); to advance, proceed (Egill tók at hressast svá sem fram leið at yrkja kvæðit); impers., þá er frá líðr, when time passes on; láta e-t hjá sér l., to let it pass by unheeded; impers., líðr í mót e-u = líðr at e-u (nú líðr í mót jólum); l. um e-t, to pass by (eigi hœfir þá hluti um at l., er); hann spurði, hvat liði um kvæðit, he asked how the poem was getting on; l. undan, to slip off, pass by; l. undir lok, to pass away, die, perish; l. yfir e-n, to pass over, happen to, befall (mart mun yfir þik l.); eitt skal yfir oss alla l., we shall all share the same fate.
líða (líddi), v., rare, = prec.
líðendr, m. pl. wayfarers (ok býðrat líðöndum löð).
líf, n. (1) life; týna lífinu, to lose one's life; taka (ráða) e-n af lífi, to take or put and end to one's life; sitja um l. e-s, to attempt or seek one's life; vera á lífi, to be alive, living; vera lífi minnr, to be dead; fyrir l. sitt, even if it should cost one's life (þeir vilja ekki fyrir l. sitt frá hverfa); lífs, alive; lífs eða látinn, alive or dead; hvárki lífs né liðinn, lífs né dauða, neither alive nor dead; (2) body; lífs ok sálar, body and soul; esp. the waist, middle (hafði hann vafit klæðum um lífit); (3) person; at svá fagrt l. skyldi þann veg kveljast, that so fine a man should be tortured in that way.
lífaðr, a. full of life.
líf-dagar, m. pl. life-days, life.
líferni, n. = lífi (2).
lífga (), v. to call to life, revive.
lífgan, f. calling to life again.
líf-gjafari, -gjafi, m. preserver of a person's life, rescuer;
-gjöf, f. granting life or pardon to one;
-hinna, f. the peritoneum;
-hræddr, a. fearing for one's life.
lífi, n. (1) life; (2) conduct of life.
líf-lauss, a. lifeless, inanimate (-lausir hlutir);
-lát, n. loss of life, death;
-láta, v. to put to death.
lífláts-dagr, m. anniversary of one's death;
-dómr, m. sentence of death;
-verðr, a. deserving death.
líf-ligr, a. (1) alive, living; (2) life-supporting (-lig atvinna).
lífs-björg, f. sustenance of life;
-bók, f. biography;
-dœgr, n. day of life;
-grös, n. pl. healing herbs;
-háski, m. danger of life, extreme danger;
-hjálp, f. deliverance;
-hvatr, a. active with life;
-leiðindi, n. pl. weariness of life;
-mark, n. sign of life (dauðamörk sé ek á honum, en eigi –mörk);
-nœring, f. food, = -björg;
-saga, f. life history, biography;
-stundir, f. pl. 'life-days';
-tími, m. life-time;
-tjón, n. loss of life, death;
-ván, f. hope of saving one's life;



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