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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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reptiles; hann brást í orms líki ok skreið í nafars-raufina, he transformed himself to a serpent and crept into the auger-hole; of persons (hann skreið upp í fjöruna); s. undir skegg e-m, to creep under another's beard, to humble oneself; saman níðingar skríða, 'birds of a feather flock together'; (2) of a ship, to glide, sail (þú skynjar eigi, hvárt skipit skríðr undir þér eða eigi); (3) to slide on snow-shoes (skreið Arnljótr sem hann f¿ri lauss) (4) fig. s. til skarar (see 'skör'1 ).
skrín, n. shrine (of a saint).
skrín-gørð, f. shrine-making;
-lagning, f. enshrinement;
-leggja, v. to enshrine;
-smiðr, m. Shrine-maker.
skrípa-höfuð, n. monster-head.
skrípi, n. grotesque monster, phantom;
-ligr, a. monstrous.
skrípindi, n. pl. = skrípi.
skrjá (skrjáða), v. to sneak about (Narfi skrjáði um it ytra).
skrjúpr, a. weak, frail.
skrokkr, m. body, carcase.
skrópa-maðr, m. hypocrite.
skrópar, m. pl. sham, hypocrisy.
skrópa-sótt, f. feigned illness.
skrum, n. swaggering talk.
skruma (að), v. to swagger, chatter.
skrumari, m. swaggerer, braggart.
skrúð, n. (1) tackle, gear; (2) ornament, apparel (skrýddr konungligu skrúði); (3) furniture of a church; (4) costly stuff (sem af skrúði einu væri gör seglin).
skrúð-hosa, f. hose made of a costly stuff (skrúð);
-hús, n. vestry.
skrúði, m. (1) ornaments, raiment, esp. church vestments (vegligum skrúða skrýddr); (2) gear, tackle.
skrúð-klæði, n. pl. fine clothes;
-kyrtill, m. a kirtle of costly stuff;
-sokkr, m. = -hosa.
skrúf, n. hay-cock, corn-rick.
skrúf-hárr, a. stiff-haired.
skrýða (-dda, -ddr), v. to adorn, embellish; refl., skrýðast e-u, to put on, dress in (s. hárklæðum, sorgarbúnaði).
skrýfa (-ða), v. (1) to stack, (s. korn); (2) with dat. to make stiff and bristly (hann skrýfði sem mest hárinu).
skræða, f. old scroll, book.
skræfs, f. coward, = mannskraefa.
skræfast (-ð), v. refl. to act like a coward, be a poltroon.
skrækja (-kta, -kt), v. to screech, shriek (hrafn skrækti hátt).
skrækr (pl. -ir), m. shriek, scream.
skrækta (-kta, -kt), v. = skrækja (kráka skræktir).
skræktan, f. shrieking.
Skrælingjar, m.pl. the native inhabitants of Vínland in America.
skræma (-di), v. to glare, shine.
skræmast (d), v. refl. to flee, take to flight (s. undan e-m).
skræmi-hlaup, n. sudden onset.
skrœpa (-ta, -t), v. to feign.
skrök (dat. skrökvi), n. faIse story, falsehood, invention (hvárt þat væri s. eða sannindi).
skrök-lauss, a. true (þat er -laust at);
-ligr, a. false, fictitious;
-maðr, m. fabler, liar;
-mál, n. fictitious story, falsehood.
skrökmála-samr, a. mendacious.
skrök-saga, f. fictitious story, fable;
-samligr, a. false, feigned;
-semd, f. falsehood.
skrökva (að), v. to invent a story.
skugga-lauss, a. shadowless;
-ligr. a. suspicious-looking;
-mikill, a. shadowy, dark;
-samligr, a. shadowy, suspicious.
skuggi, m. (1) shadow; berr skugga á e-t, a shadow falls upon (þar bar skuggann á sæinn af fjöllunum); bar hvergi skugga á, there was no shadow anywhere; (2) shade of a hat (undan skugga hattarins); (3) shadow, spectre (henni sýndist þa kirkjan full af hræði- ligum skuggum); (4) fig., ganga ór skugga um e-t, to show one's mind as to a thing; hann bað Halldór ganga ór skugga, hvárt, he asked H. to say plainly, whether; hann sagði sér vera mikinn skugga á, hvat Magnús mundi ætlast fyrir, he said he felt much mis-giving as to what M. had in mind.
skugg-sjá, -sjó, -sjón, f. mirror.
skukka, f. wrinkle, fold.
skukkóttr, a. wrinkled (of clothes).
skuld (pl. -ir), f. (1) debt; gjalda s., to pay a debt; kaupa í s., to buy on trust; ganga í s. fyrir e-n, to be bail



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