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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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purpose, = ætla sér (hann ætlast at fara til Jómsborgar); æ. e-t fyrir, to intend to do a thing (vér skulum halda til njósn, hvat Ólafr ætlast fyrir).
ætlan, f. (1) thought, meaning, opinion (hverja æ. hafið þér um úfrið þenna); (2) plan, design (brást sú æ., sem áðr var gör um atlöguna); (3) reason, meaning; þat er engi æ., there is no use thinking of that; (4) estimate (mevi fjöldi en hœgt væri at telja eða æ. á koma).
ætlanar-maðr, m. steward, = bryti, ráðsmaðr;
-verk, n. task.
ætni, f. gluttony.
-löstr, m. gluttony.
ætr, a. eatable (allt þat er ætt er).
ætt (pl. -ir), f. (1) quarter of the heaven, direction, = átt (flugu þau í brott bæði samt í sömu æ.); (2) one's family, extraction, pedigree (hann var sœnskr at æ.); þaðan eru komnar þræla ættir, the race of thralls; telja æ. til e-s, to trace one's pedigree to; e-t gengr i æ., it is hereditary; (3) generation ina þriðju eða fjórðu æ.).
ættaðr, pp. descended (hón var ættuð ór Mostr); æ. vel, well-born, of good family.
ættar-bragð, n. family trait;
-bœtir, m. betterer of one's family;
-ferð, f. origin, descent;
-fylgja, f. family guardian spirit;
-gift, f. family luck;
-gripr, m. heirloom;
-haugr, m.family cairn, family tomb;
-högg, n. family blow, calamity;
-mót, family likeness (er þat –mót með okkr);
-nafn, n. hereditary title;
-réttr, m. hereditary right;
-ríki, n. hereditary kingdom;
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skarð, n. a loss (by death) in a family;
-skömm, f. a disgrace to a family (of a person);
-spillir, m. family spoiler, disgracer;
-svipr, m. = -mót;
-tal, n. pedigree, genealogy.
-tala, f. pedigree, genealogy.
ætt-bálkr, m. lineage, family;
-bogi, m. lineage;
-borinn, pp. (1) born, native; þar -borinn i þrándheimi, a native of Th.; vel -borinn, well-born, of good family; (2) born to, entitled to by birth; -borinn til lands, a rightful heir of the land; (3) legitimate (sonr -borinn).
ætterni, n. (1) descent, extraction, origin (ekki var margra manna vitorð á hans æ.); suðreyskr at æ., by birth; telja æ. til e-s, to reckon one's pedigree up to a person; (2) family, kindred, kinsmen (par er æ. hans allt).
ætt-fólk, n. relations, kinsmen;
-fróðr, a. well versed in pedigrees;
-fœrsla, f. adoption;
-gangr, m. succession;
-geigr, m. family calamity;
-gengr, a. characteristic of one's family, born in the blood (e-m er e-t -gengt);
-góðr, a. of good family;
-gœði, n. goodness of origin, rank, high birth;
-göfugr, a. of noble extraction;
-hagi, m. = átthagi;
-hringr, m. lineage, pedigree.
ættingl (pl. -jar), m. kinsman.
ætt-jörð, f. native country;
-kvßsl, f. a line, branch of family;
-land, n. one's native land;
-leggr, m. stem, lineage;
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leiða (-dda, -ddr), v. to legitimate (a natural child);
-leiðing, f. legitimation (of a natural child);
-leiðingr, m. a legitimated child;
-leifð, f. patrimony;
-lera, a. indecl. degenerate;
-leri, m. a degenerate person, a discredit to a family;
-liðr, m. a link in a pedigree;
-menn, m. pl. kinsmen;
-nafn, n. a (Christian) name usual in a family;
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niðr, m. descendant;
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rif, n. = -leggr;
-smár, a. of low extraction;
-stórr, a. high-born;
-stœri, f. greatness of extraction;
-vig, n. slaying of a kinsinan;
-vísi, f. knowledge of genealogies.
æva, adv. (1) never (sá er æ. þegir); Gísli kvað þá vísu, er æ. skyldi, G. repeated a verse that he never should; (2) at any time, ever; æ. ekki, never, = æva-gi; (3) not (jörð fannst æ. né upphiminn).
æva-gi, adv. never, = æva ekki.
ævar, adv. = afar, æfar.
æ-verðligr, a. everlasting.
ævi (gen. ævi), f. (1) age, time; hann var konungr yfir Nóregi langa æ., for a long time; um aldr ok æ., for ever and ever; alla æ., for all time, ever; in forna (nýja) æ., the old (new) era; (2) lifetime (helzt þat allt um hans æ.); (3) a life-story, biography = ævi-saga (hann ritaði æ. Nóregs konunga).
ævi-dagar, m. pl life-days; -liga,



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