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breach, gap (höggva s. í ætt e-s); (3) mountain pass.
skarðr, a. diminished, impaired; inn skarði máni, the waning moon; hafa, bera skarðan hlut fyrir e-m, to be worsted (wronged) by one; sitja of (um, yfir) skörðum hlut fyrir e-m, to suffer injury from one.
skarfr (-s, -ar), m. cormorant.
skari, m. host, troop.
skark, n., skarkali, m. noise, tumult.
skark-samligr, a. tumultuous.
skarlaks-kyrtill, m. scarlet kirtle.
skarlat or skallart, n. scarlet.
skarlats-klæði, n. pl. –kyrtill, m., -m?ttull, m., -skikkja, f. scarlet clothes, s. kirtle, s. mantle, s. cloak.
skarn, n. dung (aka skarni á hóla).
skarp-eggr, a. keen-edged;
-leitr, a. sharp-featured;
-liga, adv. sharply (sœkja at –liga).
skarpr, a. (1) scorched, pinched from dryness; með sk?rpum reipum, with hard ropes; s. belgr, a shrivelled skin; s. fiskr, dried (hard) fish; (2) barren (landit er skarpt ok lítit matland); (3) sharp, vehement, bitter (skörp deila); taka skarpara á, to pull sharper; (4) tight, strong (skarpar álar þóttu þér Skrýmis vera); (5) keen, sharp, of a weapon (sk?rp sverð).
skarp-vara, f. dried fish;
-vaxinn, pp. gaunt and bony.
skarr, n. skirmish, tumult.
skars or skass, n. ogress, giantess.
skarsl, n. the snuff of a candle.
skart, n. show, finery (búa sik í s.).
skarta (að), v. to make great show.
skartari, m. a vain boaster.
skart-samliga, adv. with great display (búinn –samliga);
-samligr, a. showy;
-samr, a. fond of show.
skarts-kona, f., -maðr, m. woman or man given to vain display.
skata, f. skate (fish).
skati (pl. skatar or skatnar, gen. skatna), m. man (poet.).
skatta (að), v. to make tributary, lay a tribute on (konungr skattaði landit hit efra sem hit ýtra).
skatta-heimta, f. tax-gathering.
skatt-bóndi, m. a franklin who has to pay tax;
-fé, n. tribute money;
-gilda, (-lda, -ldr), v. to lay tribute on, = skatta;
-gildi, n. payment of tribute;
-gildr, a. tributary;
-gjald, n. = -gildi;
-gj?f, f. what is given as tribute;
-heimta, f. tax-gathering.
skattheimtu-maðr, m. tax-gatherer.
skatt-jarl, m. 'tributary earl', vassal;
-konungr, vassal king;
-land, n. tributary land, dependency;
-peningr, m. tribute money.
skattr, (-s, -ar), m. (1) tribute, tax (leggja skatt á land; greiða, gjalda, e-m skatt); (2) treasure.
skatt-taka, f. = -heimta.
skatt-yrðast, v. refl. to bandy words (við e-n);
-yrði, n. pl. foul language.
skauð, f. (1) poltroon (þú ert s. at meiri); (2) pl. a horse's sheath.
skauð-menni, n. poltroon.
skauf, n. a fox's brush.
skauf-hali, m. Reynard the Fox.
skaup, n. mockery, ridicule; hafa at skaupi, to mock, scoff at.
skaut, n. (1) corner of a square cloth (hann var borinn í fjórum skautum til búðar); feldr fimm alna í s., a cloak five ells square; of the heaven (þeir gerðu þar af himin ok settu hann upp yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum); (2) corner of a sail or sheet; byrr beggja skauta, a fair wind (right astern); fig., hann mun verða yðr þungr í skauti, hard to deal with; (3) flap, skirt of a cloak (hón hafði yfir sik skallats-skikkju hlaðbúna í s. niðr); (4) lap (sitja, liggja í skauti e-s); (5) a square piece of cloth, kerchief (menn báru þá hluti sína í s., ok tók jarlinn upp); (6) a lady's hood.
skaut-feldr, m., -hekla, f. a cloak, or frock, with skirts.
skauti, m. kerchief.
skaut-toga (að), v. to tug at the skirt of one's cloak, to handle roughly.
skáðr, pp. oblique (á skáðum veg).
skái, m. relief, improvement (varð engi s. á hans meini).
skák-maðr, m. (1) chessman; (2) robber, highwayman;
-tafl, n. game of chess, chess-board.
skál (pl. –ir or –ar), f. (1) bowl (s. full mjaðar); (2) scale, esp. pl., scales (bað hann taka skálir ok vega gullit).

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