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maðr var sendr Gizuri hvíta, a man was sent to G. the white; s. eptir e-m, to send for; (2) to send, throw, cast (s. spjót, s. skeytin aptr); (3) recipr., sendast e-t á, s. e-t í milli, to interchange, send to one another (áðr höfðu þeir senzt orð í milli).
sendi-boð, n. message;
-boði, m. messenger;
-fé, n. presents sent;
-ferð, -för, m. mission, message, errand (fara –för);
-ligr, a. fit to be sent;
-maðr, m. messenger.
sending (pl. –ar), f. (1) message, = orðsending; (2) gift, present sent; senda konungi vingjafar, hauka, hesta, tjöld, segl, eða aðra þá hluti, er sendingar eru, which are fit for presents; (3) dish, course (eptir þat bjuggust menn til borða; því næst kómu inn sendingar, í fyrstu heitt kjöt).
sendinn, a. sandy (from 'sandr').
sendi-pistill, m. epistle, letter;
-skip, n. dispatch-boat.
sendlingr, m. purple sandpiper.
senn, adv. at the same time, at a time (létu þeir einn jarl s. vera í landinu); allir s., all at once; also, í s. (einn, margir, allir í s.).
senna (-ta, -t), v. (1) to chatter, talk; (2) to bandy words (s. við e-n).
senna, f. gibing, bickering.
senni-liga, adv. verily, = sannliga.
sér, refl. pron. dat. (1) for oneself, separately, singly (fór Eyjólfr einn s.); eitt er þat s., that is a thing by itself; (2) in a distributive sense, s. hverr, s. hvárr, each by himself, each separately; ef s. ferr hverr várr, if each of us goes by himself; stundum báðir samt, stundum s. hvárr þeirra, sometimes each of them singly; þat lið, er honum fylgði, flýr s. hvat, in all directions.
serða (serð, sarð, sorðinn), v. to have intercourse with (esp. a male).
sér-deilis, adv. particularly, especially;
-hvárr, -hverr, a., see 'sér' (2).
Serkir (gen. Serkja), m. pl. the Saracens; Assyrians, Persians, etc.
Serk-land, n. the land of the Saracens, esp. used of northern Africa.
serkr (pl. –ir), m. (1) sark, shirt (þú skalt fara í serk minn); hafa dreng í serk, to have a man inside one's shirt, to be bold and courageous; hamarrinn var svá lítill, at hafa mátti í serk sér, that one could conceal it in one's bosom; (2) a certain number of skins.
sér-liga, adv. (1) apart (hafði hón sérliga herbergi innan-borgar); (2) exactly (Einarr kvað Þorstein eigi dauðan hafa verit sérliga);
-ligr, a. particular, special.
sess (pl. –ar), m. seat; hann var hár í sessi, he was tall when seated; vera kominn í vandan s., to be in a difficult situation.
sessi, m. bench-mate.
sess-megir, m. pl. (poet.) bench-mates;
-meiðr, m. seat-beam.
sessu-nautr (-s, -ar), m. = sessi.
set, n. a raised deal-floor or platform along the side-walls of an ancient hall (eldaskáli), used as a sitting- and sleeping-place by the household.
seta, f. (1) sitting (nú varð setan löng); hvat merkir s. sjá, what means this sitting still?; (2) seat = sess (hann var hár í setunni); bjóða búum í setu, to call on the neighbours to take their seats; (3) body of men (assembled for defence); eptir þat höfdu hvárirtveggja setu, after that both kept men assembled.
seta-skáli, m. sitting-room.
set-berg, n. a seat-formed rock.
setgeira-brœkr, f. pl. breeches with gores in the seat.
set-geiri, m. seat-gore (in a pair of man's breeches).
setja (set, setta, settr), v. (1) to seat, set, place, put (hann setti sveininn í kné konungi; hón var í haug sett); s. e-n inn, to put in prison; s. inn fénað, svín, hross, to pen up, take in; s. dóm, to set a court; s. tjöld, herbúðir, to set up tents; s. grundv?ll til kirkju, to lay the foundation of; s. borð, to set up tables; s. e-m gisla, to give one hostages; (2) to drive (hann setti øxina í h?fuð honum); (3) to make, establish (s. lög, frið, grið); s. ráð, ráðagørð, to set on foot (contrive) a plan, plot (báðu þeir hann s. aðra ráðagørð); s. e-m torg, markað, to set up a market; (4) to order, prescribe (s. e-m skript); s.

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