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stökk í lið þeirra, to put them to flight; í stökki, suddenly.
Stökkr, a. (1) brittle (koparr harðr ok s.); (2) slippery (sólinn var s.).
stökkull, m. sprinkler (dreifa blóði með stökkli).
støkkva (støkk; stökk, stukkum; stokkinn), v. (1) to leap, spring; s. hátt, to make a high leap; þeir stukku upp, they sprang to their feet; s. af baki, to leap off the horse; (2) of things, to spring; fótrinn stökk ór liði, the foot sprang out of joint; hringrinn stökk í tvá hluti, sprang in two; sundr stökk súla, the pillar flew asunder; (3) to take to flight, flee away (s. á flótta, ór landi, undan); (4) impers., Flosa stukku aldri hermdar-yrði, angry -words never escaped from Flosi's mouth.
støkkva (-ta, -t), v. (1) to cause to spring, make to start, drive away (s. úaldar-flokki þessum); s. e-m ór landi, to drive one out of the land; (2) to sprinkle (støkti hann vígðu vatni um allt skipit); (3) to besprinkle (hann støkkvir blóði himin ok jörð).
støkkvi-víg, n. pl. isolated cases of manslaughter,
stöng (gen. stangar; pl. stangir and stengr), í. (1) staff, pole (taka mikla s. ok binda við hvíta blæju); (2) a standard-pole, = merkis-stöng (jarl tók merkit af stönginni); láta menn ganga undir s., to make them go under the staff (in order to be counted); bera fé til stangar or stanga, to carry the goods to the banner (in order to be rightfully distributed).
stöpla (að), v. impers., stórum stöplar nú yfir, the sea dashes over the boat; refl., stöplast, to be spilt (stöp-luðust yfir kerit nökkurir dropar); stöplaðist út af kerinu, a little was spilt out of the beaker.
stöpull (dat. stöpli), m. (1) steeple, tower (hljópu þeir upp í stöpulinn); (2) pillar, = stólpi (s. fór fyrir þeim).
stöpul-smíð, f. building a tower.
suðr, n. the south (veðr var á suðri); frá suðri, from the south.
suðr, adv. (1) south, southwards; ríða s., to ride south; s. horfðu dyrr, the doors faced the south; ganga (fara) s., to go south on a pilgrimage (to Rome or Palestine); s. af kirkju, to the south of the church; hjá haugi Gunnars s. frá, by Gunnar's grave-mound, on the south side of it; (2) in the south (hann dvaldist s. í landi).
suðr-búr, n. south bower, south room; -dyrr, f. pl. south doors.
Suðr-eyjar, f. pl. the Hebrides.
suðr-eyskr, a. from the Hebrides;
-ferð, -för, f. (1) a journey to the south; (2) pilgrimage (to Rome);
-ganga, f. = -för; -haf, n. the South-sea;
-hallr, a. inclining to the south (sverja eiða at sól inni -höllu);
-hálfa, f. the southern region;
-land, n. (1) the south shore of a fjord; (2) pl.,
-lönd, the southlands, Saxony, Germany;
-maðr, m. southerner, esp. a Saxon, German;
-reið, f. a journey to the south;
-ríki, n. the southern empire, esp. Central and Southern Europe;
-strönd, f. the south shore;
-stúka, f. the south wing of a building;
-vegar, m. pl. the southern lands; vera á -vegum, on a pilgrimage;
-veggr, m. the southern wall;
-þjóð, f. southern people;
-ætt, f. the south.
suð-rœnn, a. southern (drósir -rœnar dýrt lín spunnu); var á -rænt, a south wind was blowing.
sufl, n. whatever is eaten with bread; 'kitchen'.
sukk, n. (1) noise, disturbance, tumult (kenslupiltar gerðu s. í kirkjunni); (2) reckless living; hafa allt í sukki, to be extravagant or wasteful.
sukka (að), v. (1) to make a disturbance; (2) to squander, waste, with dat. (hann hafði sukkat gózi hins heilaga Ólafs).
sullr (pl. -ir), m. boil (s. á fæti).
sultar-kví, f. 'famine-fold'.
sultr (gen. -ar), m. (1) hunger (deyja af sulti); (2) famine (þá var s. mikill í Noregi).
sumar (dat. sumri, pl. sumur), n. summer; um sumarit, in the course of the summer, during the summer; at sumri, next summer; mitt s., midsummer; í s., this summer.
sumar-auki, m. 'summer-eke', an

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