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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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for another; ganga í s. við e-n, to become one's debtor; (2) tax, due (ek vissi, at þer áttuð at réttu s. ok skatt af at taka).
skuld, f. = skyld; fyrir þann (= þá) s., at, because that.
skulda-bréf, n. bond;
-dagar, m. pl. pay-days, the term for paying a debt;
-far, n. debts;
-heimta, f. calling in debts;
-hjón, -hjún, n. pl. household, family;
-lið, n. = -hjón;
-mót, n. meeting, for paying debts;
-staðr, m. investment, deposit of money;
-þing, n. = -mót.
skuld-bundinn, pp. duty-bound (e-m, við e-n);
-fastr, a. seized for debt;
-lauss, a. (1) unencumbered (fé -laust); (2) needless, uncalled-for (er þer -laust at velja mér hæði-yrði saklausum manni);
-leikr, m. relationship;
-seigr, a. reluctant to pay;
-skeyta (-tta, -ttr), v. to transfer a debt to another.
skuldu-nautr, m. (1) debtor (ef hann er úhættr -nautr); (2) creditor.
skulu (pres. skal, skulum; pret. skyldu; pret. infin. skyldu), v. shall (denoting fate, law, bidding, necessity, duty, obligation, purpose); þat skal Eyjólfr gora, E. shall do that; hvat skal ek honum, what shall I do with him? vega skaltu hann, thou shalt kill him; hvat skal tjald þat, what is that tent for?; hón spurði, hvat þat skyldi, she asked what was the meaning of that.
skunda (að), v. (1) to speed, = skynda, with dat. (s. ferð sinni); s. fé saman, to make a collection; (2) to hasten (= s. sér).
skundi, m. speed, haste (með skunda, með miklum skunda).
skupla, f. a woman's hood hiding the face.
skupla (að), v. to wear a 'skupla'.
skurðar-maðr, m. carver, flenser;
-skírn, f. circumcision.
skurð-goð, n. graven image, idol (heiðin -goð).
skurðgoða-villa, f. idolatry.
skurðr (-ar, -ir), m. (1) cutting; (2) slaughtering (sauðir ætlaðir til skurðar); (3) flensing of a whale;
(4)ditch, channel (s. svá breiðr ok djúpr, at þar mátti vel skipum halda); grafa skurð, to dig a ditch; (5) carving, of art (silfri var rennt í skurðina).
skurfóttr, a. covered with scurf, scurfy (af skurfóttum manni).
skurka (að), v. to move roughly.
skurmsl, n. egg-shell, nut-shell.
skurn, f. and n. egg-shell, nut-shell.
skut-bryggja, f. stern-gangway;
-byggjar, m. pl. 'stern-mates', the men stationed in the stern of a ship;
-festr, f. cable from the stern, stern moorings.
skutil-diskr, m. plate, disk.
skutill (pl. skutlar), m. (1) missile, esp. harpoon (cf. 'sel-skutill'); (2) dish, trencher, small table (hón gaf Sveini konungi ágætan skutil).
skutil-sveinn, m. page, cup-bearer.
skutla, (að), v. to squander, with dat.; refl., skutlast, to be scattered.
skutlan, f. squandering.
skutr (-ar, -ir), m. the stern of a ship; in plur. stem and stern (skip minna til skutanna en um mitt).
skut-stafn, m. the stern, opp. to 'framstafn'.
skúa (að), v. to shoe; s. hest sinn gullskóm, to shoe his horse with golden shoes; of persons (vel hosaðr ok skúaðr).
skúfa (að), v. to push aside, = skýfa.
skúfaðr, a. tasselled (s. skóþvengr).
skúfr, m. tassel.
skúma-skot, n. (1) dusk, twilight; (2) dark nook (skríða í-skot).
skúr, f. (1) shower (blóði hafði rignt í skúrinni); (2) shower of missiles.
skúra-veðr, n. showery weather.
skúr-fjöl, f. shed-deal.
skúta (gen. pl. skúatna), f. a small craft, skiff (hrundu þeir fram skútu).
skúta, f. taunt; drepa e-m skútu um e-t, to taunt one with.
skúta (-tti, -tt), v. to jut out (bjargit skútti yfir fram).
skúti, m. (1) a cave formed by jutting rocks; (2) taunt; stinga e-m skúta, to taunt one.
skútna-herr, m. a fleet of 'skútur' (manned);
-lið, n. the crews on the 'skútur';
-menn, m. pl. = -lið.
skvakka (að), v. to make a gurgling sound (sökk øxin ok skvakkaði við).



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