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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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pl. petty suits;
-sandar, m. pl. plains of fine sand;
-skip, n. small ship;
-skitlegr, a. insignificant (lítill ok smá-skitlegr);
-skógar, m. pl. copsewood;
-skúta, f. small craft;
-smugall, a. creeping through the smallest hole; fig. minute, subtle;
-smugliga, adv. minutely;
-smugligr, a. minute;
-smygli, f. minuteness, subtlety;
-spengr, f. pl. small spangles;
-steinn, m. pebble;
-sveinar, m. pl. small boys;
-sveinligr, a. boyish;
-svik, n. pl. petty tricks;
-syndir, f. pl. petty sins.
smátta, f. narrow lane.
smá-tönn, f. small tooth;
-varningr, m. small wares;
-váfa, f. tiny ghost;
-viði, n. shrubbery;
-vægr, a. insignificant;
-þarmar, m. pl. small guts;
-þing, n. small object;
-þægr, a. content with little.
smeittr, pp. enamelled (s. söðull).
smellr, m. smacking sound, crack.
smelt, n. enamelling.
smeltr, a. enamelled (s. skjöldr).
smeygja (-ða, -t), v. to slip, with dat.; smeygði hann lykkjunni af hálsi sér, he slipped the loop off is neck; hann smeygði á sik brókunum, he pulled the trousers on; refl., smeygjast, to free oneself (smeygðist Egill af stafnum); s. undan af sannindunum, to slip away from the truth.
smeykligr, a. insinuating, cringing.
smið-belgr, m. smith's bellows.
smiðja, f. smithy.
smiðju-belgr, m. = smiðbelgr;
-búð, f. a booth used as a smity;
-dyrr, f. pl. door of a smithy;
-hús, n. smithy;
-sveinn, m. smithy boy;
-verk, n. smithy-work.
smiðr (-s; pl. -ar and -ir), m. smith, wright, worker in metal or wood.
smið-reim, f. the rim running along the back of a scythe-blade to give it strength (ljár máðr upp í smiðreim);
-vélar, f. pl. smith's artifices.
smíð (pl. -ir), f. (1) making, building (var þat hús allmjök vandat at allri s.); vera at smíð, to be at the work (H. var nú byrgðr í einu húsi, ok var hann þar at smíðinni); vera í s., to be building (hann sá mann uppi á kirkju þeiri, er í s. var); (2) work of skill or art, structure (Bifröst er gör með list ok kunnáttu meiri en aðrar smíðir).
smíða (), v. to work in wood or metals, to make, build, erect (s. skála, kirkju); refl., smíðast, to proceed, take shape, in a smith's hands (tók hann ok smíðaði, ok smíðaðist ekki sem hann vildi).
smíðar-efni, n. materials for some work;
-kaup, n. wages for work;
-kol, n. pl. smith's coals;
-lýyi, n. flaw in the workmanship (sjá -lýti á e-u);
-tól, n. pl. smith's tools;
-øx, f. carpenter's adze.
smíði, n. = smíð (kirkja vönduð bæði at viðum ok s.; vandat s.).
smíðis-kaup, n. = smíðarkaup.
smjúga (smýg; smaug or smó, smugum; smoginn), v. (1) to creep through an opening; smugu þeir milli spalanna, they crept between the bars; smýgr hann þá niðr undir hjá henni, he creeps under the bed-clothes; to put on a garment with only a round hole to put the head through (gullbrynju smó); (2) to pierce (kom lásör í brúnina ok smó þegar í gegnum).
smjör (dat. smjörvi), n. butter (brauð ok s.).
smjör-gœði, n. good produce of butter;
-gørð, f. butter-making;
-kaup, n. purchase of butter;
-laupr, m. butter-chest;
-lauss, a. short of butter;
-spann, n. a measure of butter;
-trog, n. butter-trough;
-tunna, f. butter-cask.
smjörugr, a. greasy.
smokkr, m. smock (s. var á bringu).
smuga, f. narrow cleft to creep through, small hole (hvergi fannst s. á).
smugall, a. penetrating.
smurning, f. anointing; hin síðasta s., extreme unction.
smurningar-klæði, n. pl. the dress in which one receives extreme unction.
smyl, n. the evil one, = gröm (rare).
smyrill (pl. smyrlar), m. merlin.
smyrja (smyr, smurða, smurðr), v. to anoint (s. konung til veldis); to rub with ointment (hann smurði hörund hennar með góðum smyrslum).



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