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óð-viðri, n. violent gale, = ofviðri;
-virki, a. frantic with pain (-virki af beinverkjum).
ó-freski, f. second sight.
ó-freakr, a. endowed with second sight, able to see supernatural beings.
ófrýn-liga, adv.,
-ligr, a., see 'úfrýn-liga, úfrýn-ligr'.
ógn f. (1) dread, terror; stendr ó. af e-m, one inspires terror (þótti honum iftil ó. af þeim standa); (2) esp. pl. 'ógnir', threats, menaces (með bliðmaelum ok ógnum); (3) gen.
ógn, f. poet. river; ógnar ljómi, gold.
ógnar-, prefixed as adv. awfully (ógnar-breiðr, -digr, -mikill).
ógna (að), v. (1) to threaten, with dat. (þér hafit öðrum ógnat); with double dat., ó. e-m e-u, to threaten one with a thing (eldrinn ógnaði bráðum bruna allri hans eign); (2) refl., ógnast e-t, to fear, stand aghast at a thing.
ógnan, f. threatening, menaces.
ógnar-boð, n. dreadful message;
-erendt, n. = -boð;
-geisli, m. dreadful ray;
-hlutir, m .formidable thing;
-laust, adv. without terror;
-ligr, a. awful, terrible;
-mál, n. pl. menacing words;
-orð, n. pl. menacing words;
-raust, f. dreadful voice.
ógn-hvatr, a. brave in danger.
ógur-leikr, m. awfulness;
-liga, adv. awfully;
-ligr, a. awful, terrible.
ól (pl. -ar), strap, = ál.
ólafs-messa, -vaka, f. St. Olaf's day (July 29 or Aug. 3).
ólga, f. swell, swelling (sævar ó.).
ólm-liga, adv. furiously, savagely;
-ligr, a.= ólmr.
ólmr, a. savage, furious (ó. hundr).
ólpa, f. a kind of outer cloak.
ólpu-maðr, m. a cloaked man.
ómun, f. sound, voice (heitir ok rödd ó.); ó. þverr, my voice fails me.
ón, f. = ván (ón es pess engi).
óp, n. (1) shout, shouting, crying (þá varð óp mikit at lögbergi ok úhljóð); (2) weeping, crying (sló siðan ópi á barnit).
ór, prep. with dat. (1) out of , from; tekinn ór jörðu, taken out of the earth; vakna ór svefni, to wake out of sleep; Ísland bygðisk ór Noregi, from Norway; ór Mön, from the Isle of Man; er þá bar ór hafi, from the sea; spyrja ór kaupstefnu, to ask news from the market; hús ór húsi, from house to house; ráðast ór hernaði, to leave off freebooting; (2) denoting the substance of which a thing is made, of, out of; ór Ymis holdi var jörð um sköpuð, out of Y.'s flesh the earth was made, hjölt ór gulli, a golden hilt; (3) out of, from among (þessir féllu ór liði Haralds); (4) denoting cause; deyja ór sárum, sótt, to die of wounds, sickness; (5) beyond; svá mikill snjór, at Pat var ór dœnum, beyond example, unexampled; ór hófi, beyond measure; þurru mjök vinsældir hans ór því sem vóru, his popularily dwindled from what it had been; (6) ór þvi, after (nú skal segja, hvat gørðist ór því F. var í burtu farinn); (7) absol., hann skar ór spjótit, he cut the spear clean through.
óra, (-ða), v. to rave, wrangle (órir gestr við gest).
óra-ferb, f. mad undertaking;
-maðr, m. madman;
-mál, n. mad talk.
órar, f. or m. pl. (1) fits of madness, craziness (hón bar eigi óra í augum); hann gørði sér órar, he feigned insanity; (2) wild fancies (órar þær, er sjá maðr ferr með).
ór-bjarga, a. indecl. helpess,=ørbjarga;
-dauðr, a.extinct, quite dead;
-fœri, n. expedient, choice (hann sá ekki -fœri sitt annat);
-hóf, n. = -óf;
-kola, a. indecl. = ørkola;
-kosta, f. means, supplies (deyja frá allri-kostu);
-kostr, m. means, resources;
-lausn, f. (1) answer, reply, solution (engi spyrr þeirra hluta, er eigi kann hann -lausn); -lausn allra spurninga, solution of all questions; (2) release from a difficulty, help;
-lauss, a. free, disengaged;
-lof, n., see 'orlof';
-óf, n. = -hóf, immense quantity, countless number (-óf lausafjár); -ófi vetra áðr væri jörð sköpuð, numberless winters ere the earth was fashioned;
-ráð, -ræði, n. expedient, help (hvert -ræði viltu veita mér ?).
órskurðar-maðir, m. umpire, arbitrator (þeir tóku G. til -manns).
ór-skurðr, m. (1) decision; veita -skurð um e-t, to decide a question;

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