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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


Ö/Ø


dead (hón hné í fang bónda sínum ok var þá -end); cf. 'eyrendr'.
ör-falr, m. socket of an arrow-head.
ør-ferð, f. fate, doom;
-firi. n., -fjara, f. an out-going, ebbing.
örga (), v. = örðga (ö. augunum).
ør-gáti, m. cheer, fare.
örglast (), v. refl. to rise up (hann örgiaðist þegar á fœtr).
ør-grynni, n. countless multitude, = úgrynni; -hilpr, a. helpless;
-jarta, a. indecl. out of heart, having lost heart;
-hóf, -hœfi, n. = -óf, -œfi.
örk (gen. arkar and erkr, pl. arkir), f. (1) ark, chest (gengr Vigdís inn ok til erkr þeirar, er Þ. átti); (2) coffin.
örku-fótr, m. the foot of a chest.
ørkn, n. a kind of seal.
ør-kola, a. indecl. burnt out; fig., verðr -kola fyrir mörgum, many are at the end of their resources;
-kosta, f. good fare, provisions;
-
kostr, m. (1) resource, means; (2) abundance (-kostr hvera);
-kuml, -kumbl, n. lasting scar, bodily blemish, maiming, mutilation (lifa við -kuml);
-kumla (). v. to maim, mutilate; -kumlaðr maðr, a maimed invalid.
ørkumla-lauss, a. unmaimed, unblemished; sá maðr féll ok varð aldri -lauss meðan hann lifði, he was ever after a cripple so long as he lived; .-maðr, m. = ørkumlaðr maðr.
ør-kunnast (), v. refl. to degenerate;
-kymsl
, n. maim = -kuml;
-kynja, a. indecl. degenerate;
-kynjast (), v. to degenerate (-kynjazt hefir þú ok afspringi föður þíns með þér).
ørlags-þráðr, m. thread of life.
ör-látr, a. open-handed;
-
leikr, m. liberality, munificence.
ør-lendast, -lendis, -lendr, a., see 'erlendast', &c.
ör-liga, adv. largely, abundantly;
-ligr, a. abundant (-ligr ávöxtr);
-lyndi, f. bountiful mind;
-lyndr, a. (1) bountiful, liberal, free-handed; (2) impetuous, headstrong;
-
læti, n. liberality, charitableness.
ør-lygi, n. fight, war;
-
lög, n. pl. fate, doom, fortunes (segja fyrir, sjá fyrir, -lög manna); þat er likast, at liðin sé min -lög, that my life-time is at an end; ef nornir ráða -lögum manna, if the Norms rule over the fortunes of men.
ørlög-lauss, a. futureless, with fortune still undecided;
-símu, n. pl., -þættir, m. pl. threads, strands of fate (snøru af afli -þáttu).
ör-malr, m. arrow-case, quiver.
ör-málugr, a. hasty of speech.
ør-mul, n. pl. remnants, traces (engi -mul fundust af Háreki).
ör-mælir
, m. quiver, = örva-mælir.
örn (gen. arnar, pl. ernir, acc. örnu), m. eagle (gunni at heyja ok glaða örnu).
ørna, gen. pl.; see 'erendi'.
ør-nafn, -nefni, n. local name (hann skyldi af hans nafni ørnefni gefa).
ör-oðr
, a. hasty of speech, frank, outspoken, = örmálugr.
ør-óf, n. immensity (-óf manna ok vápna); -ófi vetra áðr væri jörð of sköpuð, winters unnumbered ere earth was fashioned.
ørr, n. scar (hann hafði ø. í andliti).
örr (acc. örvan), a. (1) swift, ready; neut., ört, fast; ísinn rak svá ört, at, the ice drifted so fast, that; (2) liberal, open-handed (allra manna örvastr); neut., ört, fully, quite; eigi ört hálfr fjórði tugr manna, not quite thirty-five men; (3) active, energetic.
ørróttr, a. scarred, covered with scars (hendr ørróttar).
ør-sauði
, a. sheepless, = sauðlauss;
-sekr, a. 'clear of guilt', free;
-skamma, a. indecl. shameless, unblushing;
-skemd, f. a great shame, disgrace;
-skemmiliga, adv. shamelessly, unblushingly.
ørskipta-maðr, m. an eccentric, overbearing person.
ør-skipti, n. pl. eccentricity, strange affairs; segja frá nökkurs konar -skiptum, to relate strange things.
ör-skot, n. arrow-shot, = -drag.
örskots-helgr, f. asylum or sanctuary within arrow-shot;
-lengd, f. range of an arrow.
ör-skreiðr, a. swift-gliding, of a ship (skipin vóru örskreið).
ør-taka,a. indecl. losing one's grasp; verða -taka, to lose hold.



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