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í móti koma); -gott var með þeim, they were good friends; eiga -gott við e-n, to be good friends with a person.
vingull , m. a horse's male organ.
vin-gæfr, a. procuring friends (mun oss sjá sigr ekki -gæfr vera);
-gœði, n. kindness, amiability,
-hallr, a. (1) partial; eigi var hann -hallr í dómum, he was no respecter of persons in his decisions; (2) = -hollr;
-hollr, a. true, steadfast as a friend, affectionate as a friend; -hollr e-m, friendly towards one;
-kaup, n. acquisition of a friend (honum þótti í þér mest -kaup);
-kona, f. female friend; _
-lauss, a. friendless;
-margr, a. having many friends;
-mal, -mæli, n. friendly words, assertions (Egill þakkaði konungi gjafar ok -mæli).
vinna (vinn; vann, unnum; unninn). V. (1) to work, labour, do work (Ásmundr vildi lítit v.); v. á akri ok plœgja, to work in the field and plough; (2) to work, till, cultivate (v. akr, jörðina); (3) to work, perform, do; v. verk sin, to do one's work; þat verðr hverr at v., er ætlat er, every one must do the work that is set before him; þér hafið mikit stórvirki unnit, ye have done a great deed; v. eið, sœri, to take an oath; v. bœtr á e-u, to redress; v. e-m beinleika, beina, to show hospitality to one; v. e-m geig, bana, to work harm, death, to one; v. e-m úsœmd, to bring shame, disgrace on one; v. e-m bót (illt), to do one good (harm); v. e-m hefnd, to take revenge on; (4) v. e-m, to wait upon, attend to, tend (Höskuldr bað hana vinna þeim hjónum); (5) to win, gain; v. orrustu, sigr, to gain a battle, victory; v. sigr á e-m, to obtain a victory over, defeat, one; (6) to win, conquer (v. land, borgir, skip); v. e-t aptr, to recover by conquest, reconquer (v. aptr þat ríki, er látit er); (7) to overcome, master, get the better of (þeir ætla, at þeim muni illa sœkjast at v. oss); (8) to avail (veit ek eigi, hvat þat vinnr); e-t vinnr e-m þörf, it suffices, is sufficient for one (þörf vinnr hverjum presti at segja eina messu); v. e-m at fullu, to be quite sufficient for one, do away with, kill (tók hann sótt þá, er honum vann at fullu); (9) to withstand, with dat., = v. við e-u; sköpum viðr (= vinnr) manngi, no man can withstand his fate; (10) followed by an adj. or pp., to make (v. e-n sáran, reiðan, barðan, felldan); vann hann yfirkominn Harald, he succeeded in vanquishing, H.; v. hefnt, to take revenge; v. annat, to prove; (11) to reach smíðuðu einn stöpul, þarm er þeir ætluðu at v. skyldi til himins); (12) with preps., v. at e-u, to be busy with (v. at heyi); v. at svínum, sauðfé, to tend swine, sheep; fá ekki at unnit, to effect nothing (ekki munu þér fá at unnit svá búit); v. at e-m, to do away with, kill (þat var markat á tjaldinu, at Sigurðr vann at Fáfni); v. e-t á, to do, effect (höfum vér mikit á unnit í várri ferð); v. á e-m, to do one bodily injury, v. áverka á e-m (með þann hug at v. á Gunnari); v. e-t til e-s, to do one thing in order to obtain or effect another (vildi hann v. þat til sættar með þeim brœðrum); þat vil ek til vinna, that I am ready to do; v. til e-s, to make oneself worthy of, deserve (v. til dauða); v. til fjár ok frægðar, to act so as to gain money and fame; v. við e-u, to withstand (mátti hann ok eigi við sköpum v. né sínu aldrlagi); v. e-n yfir, to overcome; (13) refl., virnnast, to last, suffice; meðan dagrinn vannst, as long as the day lasted; Illugi elti hann meðan eyin vannst, to the end of the island; festrin vannst eigi til jarðar, the rope was not long enough to touch the ground; þar sátu konur úti frá sem vannst, as there was room; ek vinnst eigi til þér at launa, I am unable to reward thee; ekki unnust þau mjök fyrir, they did little to support themselves; recipr., vinnast á, to wound one another.
vinna, f. work, labour; vera at vinnu, to be at work.
vinnandi (pl. -endr), vinnari, m. worker.
vinningr. m. gain, profit.

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