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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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biðja, at þér sjáit á með H?gna syni mínum); impers., sér á, it can be seen (lítt sér þat þá á, at þú hafir fundit Svein konung); s. eptir e-u, s. eptir um e-t, to look after (var lítt sét eptir um skattl?ndin þau, er fjarri lágu); eiga eptir e-u at s., to have to look after a thing (hann mun þar eptir hefndum eiga at s.); s. fram, to see into the future (fram sé ek lengra); s. e-t fyrir, to foresee (hann þóttist s. fyrir, at hann mundi fella fénað sinn); s. fyrir e-u, to take care of, provide for (verðr hverr fyrir sér at s.); man ek þá s. fyrir málinu, then I will look after the matter; s. fyrir e-m, to put one out of the way; s. í e-t, to see into, see through (sér hann ekki í þetta); to take into consideration (Hrafnkell sá eigi mj?k í kostnað); s. til e-s, to become aware of (ef þér sjáit þá ekki til minna ferða, þá fari þér heim); to look for, expect (s. til trausts, launa, fulltings); to look after, see to, take care of (guð sér til kristni sinnar); s. til með e-m, to take care of, see to one; s. um e-t, to see after. take care of (s. um bú, fémál e-s); s. um með e-m = s. til með e-m (Höskuldr sá um með honum); s. um fyrir e-u, to look after, see to (eigi mun nú fyrir öllu verða um sét); s. við e-m, to look at one (konungr sá við honum ok mælti); to beware of, guard oneself against (mun oss vandgætt til við honum at s.); sé nú við, beware!; s. við um e-t, to guard oneself, be cautious as to (hafa þessir menn meirr sét við um kaupin en ek hugða); s. yfir e-t, to look over, survey, look after (s. yfir akra sína); to see a way to (hann sá eigi yfir, at þeir kœmist til bœja); eigi mátti yfir s., hvern veg hníga mundi orrostan, one could not see how the fight would end; (7) refl., sjást, to fear (fátt hygg ek yðr s.); láta á s., to let it appear, show signs of (þeir þ?gðu yfir ok létu ekki á s.); s. fyrir, to look before one, be cautious (hitt mundi mitt ráð at hrapa ekki ferðinni, sjást heldr fyrir); s. lítt fyrir, to be impetuous, rash (er Agli of mj?k ættgengt at s. lítt fyrir); s. um, to look about (þá litu allir út nema konungr, hann stóð ok sást eigi um); impers., at þeim hefði kynliga um sézt, that they had made a strange oversight in this; e-m sést yfir, one makes a mistake, overlooks a thing; þeim mun hafa yfir sézt, they must have made a mistake; recipr., sjást, to see one another; vit munum aldri s. síðan, we shall never see one another more; ef þit sjáist tveir á, if ye fight it out among yourselves; s. til, to look to one another (sást til síðan, áðr í sundr hyrfi); pass., þeir sást aldri síðan, they were never seen afterwards.
sjá-byggvar, m. pl. = sæ-byggvar;
-dreginn, pp. caught out of the sea (-dreginn fiskr);
-drif, n. sea-spray;
-drifinn, pp. sea-splashed;
-kyrr, a. calm (vindlaust ok sjákyrt).
sjáldr, n. pupil of the eye (svá var sem ormr lægi um sjáldrit).
sjálf-ala, a. indecl. 'self-feeding' (fé gekk þar öllum vetrum –ala í skógum);
-birgr, a., -bjargi, a. self-supported, self-helpful;
-dauðr, a. having died a natural death;
-dœmi, n. right to judge in one's own case (selja e-m –dœmi);
-g?rr, a. self-made, easy;
-hól, n. self-praise;
-hœlinn, a. self-praising, vaunting;
-hœlni, f. self-glorification, self-praise;
-kraf, n. free-will (kjósa e-t af –krafi);
-krafi, a. of one's own accord or free-will, voluntarily.
sjálfr, a. self; hann s., he himself; hón sjálf, she herself; at sínum sjálfs vilja, at his own will (cf. 'sinn'); er (liggr) við sjálft, at, it is on the verge, within an ace, that (var við sjálft, at þeir mundu berjast).
sjálf-ráð, n. independent judgement; gøra e-t at –ráði, of one's own accord;
-ráði, a. (1) of free-will (hann hafnaði –ráði blótum); (2) independent, free (var fyrir honum engi maðr –ráði);
-ráðr, a. (1) voluntary, of free-will (U. mundi eigi hafa skj?ldinn látit –ráðr); (2) independent, free (vildu heldr útlenda konunga hafa yfir sér ok vera –ráðir); (3) neut., e-m er e-t –rátt, it is within on'es power, easy for one (er þér –rátt at leggja til ráð



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