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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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svá við garðinn); (2) to pierce (with a sword or spear).
nisti, n. brooch, pin, = nist.
nisting, f. fastening.
ní, adv. no, = nei (allir ní kváðu).
níð, n. (1) contumely, derision (segja e-m n.); (2) libel (yrkja, kveða n. um e-n); (3) insult by carving a person's likeness (tréníð) on an upraised post or pole (níðstöng).
níða (-dda, -ddr), v. (1) to libel, lampoon; (2) refl., níðast á e-m, to behave in a dastardly way to a person (at Noregsmenn höfðu níðst á Ólafi konungi); n. á e-u, to act basely in a thing (hvárki skal ek á þessu n. ok á engu öðru því er mér er til trúat); n. á trú sinni, to apostatize.
níðingr (-s, -ar), m. villain, scoundrel, vile wretch; apostate.
níðing-skapr, m. villainy, baseness.
níðings-nafn, n. the name of a villain; bera -nafn, to be called a 'niðingr';
-orð, n. = -nafn;
-ráð, n. a villainous plot;
-sök, f. a charge of villainy;
-verk, n. dastard's work, villainy;
-víg, n. foul murder.
níð-reising, f. the raising of a pole as an insult;
-samligr, a. mean, villainous;
-skár, -skældinn, a. libellous, of a poet;
-stöng, f. pole of insult;
-virki, n. villainy;
-vísa, f. lampoon, insulting verse.
ní-kvæða (-dda, -ddr), v. to deny.
ní-rœðr, a. (1) measuring ninety (fathoms, ells); (2) ninety years old.
níta (að, or -tta, -ttr), v. to deny, refuse, with dat.
níti-lígr, a. refusable, rejectable.
ní-tján, a. nineteen;
-tjándi, a. nineteenth;
-togandi, a. ninetieth.
nítta (), v. = níta.
ní-tugr, a. ninety years old.
níu, a. nine (níu eru himnar).
níund, f. body of nine; þrennar níundir meyja, three nines of maids.
níundi, a. ninth.
njarðar-vöttr, m. sponge.
njarð-láss, m. a charmed lock.
njósn (pl. -ir), f. (1) spying, scouting, looking out (senda mann á n., hafa menn á njósnum); vera á n., to be on the look-out; (2) news (engi n. fór fyrir þeim); gøra e-m n., to send one intelligence.
njósna (), v. to spy (vil ek n., hvers ek verða víss); n. um e-t, to spy after, seek to find out (n. um athafnir e-s).
njósnar-berg, n. a look-out hill;
-för, f. spying journey;
-maðr, m. spy;
-skip, n.,
-skúta, f. spying-ship.
njóta (nýt; naut, nutum; notit), v. (1) to have the use or benefit of, to enjoy (þú skalt n. kvikfjár þíns ok verða í brottu frá Helgafelli); skal hann n. draums síns, he shall have his dream out; njót þú heill handa, good luck go with your hands; (2) to derive benefit from, profit by; Egils nauztu at því, föður þíns, you had your father Egil to thank for that; lítt lætr þú mik n. frændsemi frá þér, you let me have little profit of kinship with you; nauzt þú nú þess, at ek var eigi við búinn, it was your good fortune that I was not ready for you; n. e-s við, to receive help at one's hands; mun ek yðvar verða við at n., I shall have need of your help; n. af e-u, to consume (naut vóru œrin, nutum af stórum); (3) impers., ekki nýtr sólar, there is no sun; naut at því mest hans forellris, at, it was chiefly due to his forefathers that; þess naut mjök við í Þrándheimi (it helped greatly), at menn áttu þar mikil forn korn; (4) recipr., njótast, to enjoy each other (Þorveig seiddi til þess, at þau skyldi eigi n. mega).
Njörðr (gen. Njarðar, dat. Nirði), n. Njord, one of the old Northern gods.
Njörva-sund, n. the Strait of Gibraltar (at Njörvasundum).
norðan, adv. from the north (koma, fara, ríða, sigla n.); vindr var á n., the wind blew from the north; n. af Hálogalandi, from H. in the north; n. at, on the north side of (G. ok N. stóðu n. at dóminum); fyrir n. (with acc.), north of (fyrir n. heiðina); fyrir n. land, in the north (of Iceland).
norðan-fjarðar, adv. north of the firth;
-lands, adv. in the north;
-maðr, m. a man from the north;
-stormr, m. a storm from the north;
-veðr, n. wind from the north (þeir tóku -veðr svá hörð, at þá bar suðr í



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