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sót-rauðr, a. 'soot-red', dark-red.
sótt (pl. -ir), f. sickness, illness, disease; taka (or fá) s., to fall ill, be taken ill; kasta á sik s., to feign illness; kenna (or k. sér) sóttar, to feel the symptoms of illness; pl. pains of labour (at sú maer hafði miklar sóttir).
sóttall, a. causing illness, contagious.
sóttar-far, -ferði, n. condition of one's illness; sickness; -sök, f. cause of illness.
sótt-bitinn, struck down by illness; -dauðr a. having died from sickness (hann lifði skemmst ok varð -dauðr); -hættr, a. exposed to sickness; -lauss, a. not ill, without fever; -ligr, a. sickly; -lítill, a. not very ill; -næmr, a. apt to be taken ill; -tekinn, pp. taken ill.
spað, n. soup made from flesh or fish (brytja hænginn til spaðs).
spaði, m. spade, see 'járn-spaði'.
spak-látr, a. gentle, quiet; -liga, adv. (1) peacefully, quietly (þeir fóru at öllu sem -ligast); (2) wisely, like a wise man (talast við -liga); -ligr, a. wise, sage; -málugr, a. wise in one's speech; -mæli, n. wise (prophetic) saying (i skáldskap ok -mæli).
spakr, a. (1) quiet, gentle (s. ok siðugr); spök hross, quiet horses (not running astray); (2) wise, with the notion of prophetic vision (hann var
s. at viti; spá er spaks geta).
spak-ráðugr, a. giving wise advice; -rœða, f. = spaklig rœða.
spanga-brynja, f. plate-mail.
spann, n. (1) pail; (2) a measure, esp. of butter (s. smjörs).
spannar-breiðr, a. span-broad.
spara, (-ða, -ðr, also -aða, -at), v. (1) to spare (hann sparir eigi peninga Þórólfs); s. e-m e-t, to leave it to another (spörum þetta verk öðrum); s. e-n til e-s, to spare one from (þeir spörðu hana eigi til erfiðis ok skaprauna); skal ek eigi mitt til s., I, for my part, shall not be sparing in the matter; s. e-t við e-n, to withhold from one (eigi spari ek mat við þik); s. e-t við sik, to shrink from; hverr sá er, at eigi sparir þat úhapp við sik, who does not shrink from that crime; (2) refl., sparast til e-s, to shrink from, forbear (hefi ek lengi til þessa sparazk); to spare oneself, spare one's strength; þat orð flyzt af, at þú sparist við, that thou sparest thyself, dost not use all thy strength.
sparða, f. an Irish battle-axe.
spark, n. kicking, trampling.
sparka, (að), v. to kick; also fig. (at ölmusur sparki í andlit mér).
sparkr, a. lively, brisk (sparkar áttu vér konur).
sparlak, n. curtain (tvau sparlök).
spar-liga, adv. sparingly; -ligr, a. sparing (borð hélt hann sparligt); -mæli, n. leniency; reka -mæli við e-n, to spare, deal leniently with.
sparnaðar-maðr, m. a person deserving to be spared (Þ. kvað hann eigi -mann).
spar-neytinn, a. sparing in the use of food, frugal; -neytni, f. frugality.
sparr, a. sparing.
sparr, n. a kind of spear.
sparr-haukr, m. sparrow-hawk.
spá (spá, spát, spáð), v. to prophesy, foretell (s. em e-t or e-s).
spá (pl. spár), f prophecy (sjaldan hafa spár mínar átt langan aldr).
spá-dís, f. spae-sister, prophetess; -dómliga, adv. prophetically; -dómligr, a. prophetical; -dómr, m. prophecy; -gandr, m. divination-rod; -kerling, -kona, f. prophetess; -leikr, m. divination.
spáleiks-andi, m. prophetic spirit.
spá-maðr, m. soothsayer, prophet; -mæli, n. prophetic words, prophecy.
spán-bakki, m. butts = skotbakki; -brjóta, v. to break into splinters (í Grindavík spánbraut buzuna).
spánn or spónn (gen. spánar, pl. spænir or spœnir, acc. spánu or spónu.), m. (1) chip, shaving (alla spánu báru þeir at skálanum, slógu síðan eld í allt saman); brjóta skip í spán, to have one's ship broken to pieces (þeir brutu skipit í spán); brotna í spán, to be dashed to pieces (skipit brotnaði í spán); (2) target (setja spán í bakka); (3) ornament on a warship (only in pl.; cf. 'enni-spænir'); (4) divining chip, used at sacrifices

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