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rekendi, n. pl., rekendr, f. pl. chain.
rek-hvalr, m. a whale drifted ashore.
reki, m. (1) a thing drifted ashore (hverr maðr á reka fyrir landi sínu); (2) prosecution (of a suit for manslaughter, etc.); gøra mikinn reka at e-u, to follow up, prosecute with energy.
rekingr, m. outcast, wretch.
rekinn, pp. mounted, inlaid (Snorri gaf Auðgisli øxi rekna).
rekja (rek, rakta, rakiðr or raktr), v. (1) to spread out, unwind, unfold, = r. í sundr (hón rakti motrinn ok leit á um hríð); refl., rekjast, to unwind itself (en þráðrinn raktist af tvinnahnoðanu); lát hendr þínar rekjast niðr fyrir þik, let they arms hang straight down; rekjast ór svefni, to start from sleep; (2) to track, trace (þeir rekja spor sem hundar); r. kyn, ættir, to trace a pedigree; r. fram, to expound (bað hann fram r. guðs lög); r. minni til, to remember.
rekkja (gen. pl. rekkna), f. bed; fara í rekkju, to go to bed; leggjast í rekkju, to take to one's bed; rísa ór rekkju, to arise, get up.
rekkja (-ta, -t), v. (1) to sleep in a bed; r. hjá e-m, to sleep with another; (2) to make a a bed (r. undir sér).
rekkju-búnaðr, m. bed-furniture;
-félagi, m. bed-fellow;
-gólf, n. bed-closet;
-illr, a. unruly in bed;
-klæði, n. pl. bed-clothes;
-kona, f. chamber-maid;
-maðr, m. a person in bed;
-refill, m. bed-curtain;
-skraut, n. bed-ornaments;
-stokkr, m. edge of a bed;
-sveinn, m. chamber-boy;
-tjald, n. bed-curtain;
-vaðmál, n. woollen bed-cover.
rekkr (-s, -ar), m. man, warrior.
rekningr, m. (1) outcast; (2) vagrancy (bera meyna á rekning).
rek-saumr, m. 'driving-nails', opp. to 'hnoðsaumr'.
rekstr (gen. –rar), m. driving, chasing; trouble, annoyance.
rek-tré, n. drift-tree, drift-timber.
rembast (d), v. refl. to puff oneself up, behave proudly.
rembi-liga, adv. haughtily, in a proud or conceited manner.
rembu-maðr, m. puffed-up fellow.
remja (að), v. to roar (of a lion).
remma, f. bitterness, acridity.
remma (-da, -dr), v. to strengthen.
rén, n. = rénan (var þá nökkut r. á hans sótt);
réna (að), v. to dwindle, decrease, subside (orrostan rénaði).
rénan, f. decrease, diminution.
rendr, a. edged (skjöldr járni rendr).
rendr, a. brimmed (skjöldr járni r.).
rengi, n. the eatable fibrous substance from the plaited undersurface of the rorqual.
rengja (-da, -dr), v. (1) to distort; (2) to reject, set aside.
renna (renn; rann, runnum; runninn), v. (1) to run (rakkar þar renna); r. í köpp við e-n, to run a race with; hón á þann hest, er rennr lopt ok lög, that runs through the air and over the sea; r. e-m hvarf, to run out of one's sight; (2) to run away, flee (rennr þú nú Úlfr hinn ragi); r. undan e-m, to run away from one (ek get þess, at þú vilir eigi r. undan þeim); (3) to run, flow (rennr þaðan lítill lœkr); (4) to melt, dissolve (ok hafði runnit málmrinn í eldsganginum); reiði rennr e-m, anger leaves one; (5) to arise (= r. upp); sól rennr, the sun rises; dagr rennr, it dawns; (6) with preps., r. af e-m, to leave one, pass away from one (reiði rann af honum); r. á e-n, to come over one; svefn, svefnhöfgi rennr á e-n, one falls asleep; reiði rennr á e-n, one gets angry; þá rann á byrr, then a fair wind arose; r. eptir e-m, to run after one (þá var runnit eptir þeim, er flóttann ráku); r. frá e-m, to run away from, leave one; r. í e-t, to run into; e-m rennr í skap, one is much (deeply) affected (er eigi trútt, at mér hafi eigi í skap runnit sonardauðinn); r. saman, to heal up (þá var saman runninn leggrinn); r. undir, to assist, give support (margar stoðir runnu undir, bæði frændr ok vinir); r. upp, to originate (var þess ván, at illr ávöxtr mundi upp r. af illri rót); of the sun or daylight, to rise; sól (dagr) rennr upp (cf. 5); (7) recipr., rennast at (á), to attack one another, begin a fight.
renna (-da, -dr), v. (1) to make (let) run, with dat. (keyrði hann hestinn sporum ok renndi honum at); (2) to put to flight (þeir renndu þeim tíu, er undan kómust); (3) to prevent, thwart

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