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œða (œdda, œdd.-), v. to make furious; mostly refl , œðast, to become frantic or furious (hestrinn œddist ok sleit reipin).
œði, f. (1) rage, fury (R. spratt upp af œ. mikilli ok mælti); (2) madness, frenzy.
œði, n. nature, disposition, mind, also manners (hann hafði mjök á sér kaupmanns œ.); er þat ok ekki við þitt oe., it does not suit thee.
œði-fullr, a. furious;
-saraligr, a. = -fullr;
-stormr, m. furious gale;
-straumr, m. furious current;
-veðr, n. = -stormr;
-verkr, m. furious pain;
-vindr, m. = -veðr.
œðr, a. that may be waded, fordable, = væðr (áin var eigi œð).
œðri, a. compar., œztr, a. superl. higher, highest; (1) in a local sense; uppi ok niðri leitaða ek œðra vegar, up and down I sought for the higher road; œðra öndvegi, œðri bekkr, the upper high-seat, higher bench, opp. to úœðra ö., úœðri b., the lower high-seat or bench; (2) fig. higher (highest) in rank or dignity (tólf hofgoðar vóru œztir).
œfi-maðr, m. man of violence.
œfr, a. vehement, angry, chafing (var þá konungar svá œ. ok œrr, at).
œgi-liga, adv. terribly, threateningly;
-ligr, a. terrible, awful.
œgir (gen. -is), m. frightener, terrifier (Engla œ. gumna œ).
œgis-heimr, m. poet. this world;
-hjálmr, m. helmet of terror; bera -hjálm yfir e-m, to hold one in awe and submission; bera -hjálm í augum, to have a terror-striking glance.
œgia (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to make terrible, exaggerate; mjök hafa þessir œgðir verit í frásögnum, made more terrible than they are; (2) to scare, frighten, with dat. (œgir mér ekki þetta fégjald); impers., e-m œgir, one is afraid (er eigi þat, at þér œgi við mik at berjast?); (3) to threaten; hón œgði mér af afbrýði, she threatened me in her jealousy; œ. e-m píslum, to threaten with tortures.
œgr, a. terrible, = ógurligr.
œliligr, a. fit to be brought up.
œll, a. fit to be fed or harboured.
œmta (-mta, -mt), v. to mutter (kerlingin œmtir við innar í húsinu); œ. e-u or e-m, to say a word to, pay attention to, take heed of.
œpa (-ta, -t), v. to cry, shout (bónda múgurinn œpti ok kallaði, at þeir vildi hann til konungs taka); œ. upp, to shout out; œ. at e-m, œ. á e-n, to call, cry out to one; with acc., œ. heróp, sigróp, to raise a war-cry, a shout of victory.
œra (-ða, -ðr) v. to madden, make mad(illr andi œrði Saul); refl., œrast, to run mad, run wild (œrast nú hestarnir báðir).
œri, a. compar. younger (engi maðr œ. en átján vetra gamall).
œri-liga, adv. furiously, madly (láta -liga);
-ligr, a. mad, absurd.
œrinn, a. sufficient, = ýrinn, yfrinn (œrin var nauðsyn til þessa verks); er þat ok œrit eitt, at, it is quite sufficient that; œrit fagr, fair enough til œrins, sufficiently.
œrr, a. mad furious (œ. ok ørvita).
œrsl, n. pl. madness, frenzy; taka

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