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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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vaninn), v. (1) to accustom (v. e-n e-u or við e-t) v. hann við íþróttir ok hæversku, to teach him, train him in; v. barn af brjósti, to wean a child (þá var hann af brjósti vaninn); (2) to train animals (þar keypti Auðunn bjarndýri vel vanit); to educate children (var þat almælt, at engi born væri svá vel vanin); (3) v. komur sínar til e-s, to visit habitually (hann venr komur sínar til Ormhildar); v. e-t af e-m, to unteach one a thing (kostgæfði hann af þeim at v. öll úkynni); (4) refl., venjast e-u, við e-t, to get accustomed to, used to (nú mun ek verða at v. hestinum um hrið; v. við iþróttir); with infin. to be wont, used to (vandist E. optliga at ganga til tals við Egil).
venja, f. custom, habit (þat var v. hans, at); at venju, as usual.
venju-bragð, n. habit;
-liga, adv. usually;
-ligr, usual.
venzl, n. pl. relationship, ties of blood or affinity; fyrir venzla sakir, for kinship's sake.
venzla-lauss, a. bound by no ties; -lausir menn, persons not related, strangers;
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maðr, m. kinsman, relation, = vandamaðr.
veptr, m. woof, = veftr.
ver, n. (1) station for taking eggs, fishing, catching seals, etc. (cf. 'egg-, fiski-, sel-, út-ver'); (2) poet. sea; fyrir handan v., beyond the sea.
ver (gen. pl. -ja), n. case, cover (verit var af guðvefjarpelli).
vera (er; var, várum. or vórum; verit), v. (1) to be, exist; þeir menn vóru, er, there were men who; (2) to be, happen; þat var, at hón fór brott, so it was that she went away; en er váraði, var þar búskortr, there was scarcity in the household; hvat er henni, what is the matter with her! þat var einn dag, at, it happened one day that; kann (má) v., at, it is possible, it may be that; (3) to last; meðan þingit væri, while the Thing lasted; (4) láta e-n v., to leave one alone (lát mik v. ok ger mér ekki illt); bað hann láta v., begged him to leave it undone, not to do it; (5) to dwell, stay; hann bað hana vera í búð sinni, he asked her to stay in his booth; hann var á Höskuldsstöðum um nótt, he passed a night at H.; (6) with infin., hlymr var at heyra, a clattering was to be heard; þar var at sjá, there was to be seen; v. at gera e-t, to be doing a thing; kvað hann v. at telja silfr, said he was counting the money; denoting necessity, a thing about to happen, or to be done; nú er þeim út at ganga öllum, er leyft er, now all those must go out to whom leave is given; er nú eigi Kára at varast, now there is no need to beware of K.; nú er þar til máls at taka, at, now it is to be told that; nú er at segja frá Skamkatli, now we must tell of S.; (7) with a predicate (noun, adj., or adv.); v. konungr, Jarl, biskup, to be king, earl, bishop; v. glaðr, sæll, hryggr, ungr, gamall, to be glad, happy, sad, young, old; v. vel, illa til e-s, to be well, ill-disposed towards one; þat er illa, it is sad; vera spakliga í heraði, to behave gently; orð kvað þá Vingi þats án veri, words which he had better not have said; (8) impers., e-m er varmt, heitt, kalt, one is warm, cold; (9) with past participles in passive sense; v. kallaðr, sagðr, tekinn, to be called, said, taken; (10) with preps., v. af e-u, to be off, out of (v. af klæðum); v. at e-u, to be busy at; verkmenn váru at arningu, they were ploughing; to be present (þar varstu at); ek var at ok vafk, I was about weaving,; þeir höiðu verit at þrjú sumur, they had been busy at it for three summers; v. eptir, to be left, remain (A. kvazt vilja v. eptir ok hvílast); v. fyrir, to lead (see 'fyrir'); v. til, to exist; v. um, undir, see 'um, undir'.
vera, f. (1) stay, sojourn; ef hann á sér í vá veru, if he has a corner to stay in; (2) comfort (slíkt er válaðs v.).
veraldar-, gen. from 'veröld';
-auðœfi, n. pl. worldly riches;
-bygð, f. the inhabited world;
-friðr, m. world-peace, universal peace;
-frægr, a. world-famous;
-girnd, f., worldly desires, toys, goods;
-glys, n. worldly desires, toys, goods;
-góz, n. worldly desires, toys, goods;
-höfðingjar, m. pl. the great ones of the world;
-klerkr, m. =



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