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hann ganga, til sætis þess, er hann var v. at sitja); v. e-u, used to a thing; (2) usual (ekki fekk ek minna til bús en vant er).
vanr, a. lacking, wanting, with gen.; handar em ek v., I lack a hand; vön geng ek vilja, I walk joyless; e-s er vant, something is wanting or missing; eitt sinn var vant kýr í Þykkvabœ, a cow was wanting.
van-rétti, n. loss of right, injury (þola -rétti);
-rœkiliga, adv. carelessly, slovenly;
-rœkinn, a. careless, negligent;
-rœkja (-ta, -tr), v. to neglect, disregard;
-roekni, f. lack of care, negligence;
-roekt, f. lack of care, negligence;
-sami, m. dishonour;
-sénn, a. difficult to see.
vansi, m. (1) lack, want (v. matar ok klæða); (2) shame, disgrace (verða fyrir, fá, vansa); (3) harm, injury; þeir fengu engar bœtr fyrir vansa sina, they got no compensation for their hurts.
van-signaðr, pp. cursed;
-skör-ungr, m. wretched fellow;
-stilli, n. lack of moderation, intemperance;
-stilling, f. lack of moderation, intemperance;
-stilltr, pp. (1) wanting in temper, rash; (2) excessive;
-sætti, n. discord;
-sœmd, f. dishonour, contumely, = úsœmd.
vanta (að), v. to want, lack; impers. with acc. of the person and thing (e-n vantar e-t); vantaði þá eigi hesta né aðra hluti, they wanted neither horses nor other things.
van-talat, pp. n. = van-mælt; á ek við hvárigan ykkar -talat, I want to speak to neither of you;
-talit, pp. n. not fully accounted for, short in the tale;
-tempran, f. immoderation;
-traust, n. lack of trust;
-trú, f. unbelief;
-trúaðr, pp. unbelieving;
-trúnaðr, m. distrust;
-trúr, a.= van-trúaðr;
-unninn, pp. unfinished:
-virða (-rða, -rðr)l v. disregard, dishonour, put to shame;
-virða, f. disgrace, shame;
-virðing, f. disgrace, shame;
-virkja, f. defect fault;
-vizka, f. foolishness.
vanyfla-sótt, f. habitual illness.
van-yfli, n. pl. chronic ailments.
var-, a prefixed particle, = van-
vara (að), v. (1) to warn, caution; v.. e-n við e-u, to caution one against, bid one beware of (þú hefir þat ráð upp tekit, er ek varaða þik mest við); v. sik, to be on one's guard, beware; (2) refl., varast = vara sik (þeir Þorgils vissu sér engis ótta ván ok vörudust ekki); v. af e-u to take warning from (svá at aðrir varist af úförum þinum); v. e-t, to be on one's guard against, shun, take care not to (hann varaðist þat mest at koma við landit); bad jarlinn við v., to be on his guard.
vara (-ði), v. to give (one) a foreboding of; þess varir mik, at, I have a presentiment that; þeir kómu þar jafnan fram, er engi mann varði, where no one expected; bar hann skjótara at en þá varði, sooner than they expected; þá er minnst varir, when one least expects it.
vara, f. wares, in Norway chiefly of fur (grá-, skinna-vara), in Iceland of wadmal (vara íslenzk).
varan, f. (1) warning; (2) shunning.
varar-feldr, m. a kind of cloak;
-skinn, n. skin current in trade;
-váð, f. = vöruváð.
var-boðit, pp. n. underbidden, underrated;
-búinn, pp. unprepared.
varða (að), v. (1) to warrant, guarantee, answer for; v. fyrir e-n, to stand bail for one; ek vil, at Flosi eirm varði við mik, my will is that F. alone shall be answerable (for the fines) to me; (2) to bargain for (S. hefir áðr varðat viðinn fyrir þrjú hundruð einlit); (3) to be of importance (ef þér þykkir v. um mína vináttu); v. e-n, to concern one, be of importance to one (at segja þér þat, er þik varðar); v. miklu, litlu, engu, to matter much, little, naught; hann kvað þá engu þat v., said it was no business of theirs; varðarengu um vára aptrkomu, it does not matter whether we come back or not; (4) to guard, watch, defend (v. land, alla vega); v. e-m e-t, to ward a thing off from a person withhold it from him; v. mér bátinn: to forbid me the boat, by force; v. e-m, with infin. to hinder, prevent (varðar hann fé váru at komast yfir ána); (5) to be liable to, punishable by (varðar þat fjörbaugsgarð); hvat

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