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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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ý-bogi, m. a yew-tree bow.
ýðgi, f. mind disposition (harðýðgi, grunnýðgi).'
ýfa (-ða, -ðr), v. to rip up (ý. mál) refl., ýfast, to become ruffled, get angry (þótti mér sá björninn, er fyrir varð, ý. mjök); tók at ý. með þeim, they began to be on bad terms; ý. við e-n, to provoke one, pick a quarrel with one (Magnús son hans ýfðist mjök við Harald).
ýfinn, a. ruffled, wroth, angry.
ýfis-orð, n. pl. irritating or ruffling words, taunts.
ýgjast (ð), v. to grow vicious, of a bull (graðungrinn tók at ý.).
ýgr, a . fierce, gruff, stern.
ýja (úði), v. to swarm, teem.
ýki (dat. pl. ýkjum), n. (1) exageration (telja e-t með ýkjum); (2) aggravation.
ýkva, v.= víkva, víkja.
ýla (-da, -t), v. to howl, yelp, of dogs, wolves;
ýla, f. howl, howling.
ýlda, f. decay, rottenness, stench.
ýling, f. howling.
ýmis-leikr, m. fickleness, mutability;
-liga, adv. variously;
-ligr, a. various, diverse (-ligir dauðligir hlutir, -ligar þjóðir).
ýmiss (neut. ýmist; pl. ýmissir, ýmissar, usually contracted ýmsir or ymsir, ýmsar or ymsar, neut. ýmis, :ýmsi or ýms), a. now this, now that (ýmist hann hugði); hann gerði ýmist, hjó eða lagði, he cut and thrust alternately;esp. pl. various, sundry, now these, now those, by turns (höfðu ymsir sigr); í ymsum stöðum, in various places; reka kaupferðir til ýmissa landa, to go on trading expeditions to various countries; einir ok ýmissir, one and another, sundry; allir ok þó ýmissir, all by turn; ýmist ... eða; now . . . now, sometimes.. . sometime (Bolli var ýmist í Tungu eða at Helga felli).
ýr (gen. ýs, dat. ý), m. (1) yew tree; (2) bow of yew, = ýbogi.
ýra (-ða), v. to shed in small drops refl., ýrast, to drizzle; ýrðist dögg reyfit, dew settled on the fleece.
ýrinn (contr. from 'yfrinn'), a. abundant, = yfrinn, œrinn.
ýsa, f. haddock.
ýskja (-ta, -t), v. = œskja.
ýta (ýtta, ýtt), v. (i) to push out, launch . báti, skipi); ý. e-u at e-m í hönd e-m, to push it towards one (2) to put out to sea, start on a voyage (þat skal yðr kunnigt gera, at vé ýttum af Nóregi).
ýtar, m. pl., poet. men (ýta synir).
ýtri, ýztr, see 'ytri', 'yztr'.



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