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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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(poet.);
-kol, -kul, n. iron chill or coldness.
í-vera, f. 'dwelling-in' (kjósa sér stað til íveru).
í-vist, f. = ívera; hús til ívistar, a house to dwell in.
jarp-skamr, m. 'the brown pygmy' (viz. Erpr).
kafinn, pp. from 'kefja', fig. absorbed.
(lauga, v.); add, to coat, overlay (skjöldr laugaðr í rauðu gulli).
, f. (?) blood, (?) warmth.
(leggja, v.); add, l. niðr fé, to slaughter sheep (haf frjálst þat, sem þú hefir niður lagt af fé váru).
lind, f. source, spring; lindar logi, gold (poet.).
(lind, f. (1)); add, lindar váði, fíre (poet.).
líðendr, m. pl. wayfarers (ok býðrat líðöndum löð).
(lyf, n.); add, ekki l., nought, not the least.
manns-lið, n. a man's aid.
marka-menn, m. pl. 'forest-men', outlaws, robbers.
(mál, n.); add, (12) three months (m. ok misseri).
mjó-fingraðr, a. slender-fingered.
mun-ráð, n. dearest wish (hefk míns föður -ráð brotit).
mæ-fingr, a. = mjófingraðr.
(mæla, v.); add, m. sér konu, to court (woo) a lady (ef þú vilt þér m. man).
(nenna, v.); add, n. e-m, to attend on one, to grant one's love to one.
neppr, a. (1) overcome, fainting; (2) deadly (?).
(niðjar, m. pl.); add, ancestors.
njósnar-för, f. spying journey.
(opt)-sinnis, -sinnum, adv. oftentimes.
(orð)-svif, n. rumour.
(orka, v. 3); add, o. á, to begin; orkum ekki á fyrri, let us not be the first to attack.
organs-meistari, m. organ-builder.
(orma)-látr, n. = orma-bæli.
(orm)-ligr, a. fig. sly, cunning.
ógn, f. poet. river; ógnar ljómi, gold.
ón, f. = ván (ón es pess engi).
piningar-staðr, m. = píslarstaðr.
(píslar)-tíð, f. time of passion.
(prédikara)-bróðir, m. Dominican friar.
(prett)-vísliga, adv. deceitfully.
(purpura)-pell, n. costly stuff.
(rang)-leikr, m. = ranglæti.
(rang)-semi, f. unrighteousness.
rati, m. the name of Odin's gimlet.
(rauða, f.); add, (2) red colour; (3) blood.
(raust, f.); add, renna raustum, to sing.
(ráða, v.); add, vel hefir ór ráðizt, things have turned out well.
(ráða-hagr, m. (1)); add, way of life (nú vil ek breyta ráðahag okkrum); -leitan, f. asking in marriage.
(reifa, v. (4)), add, þat mun eigi góðu r., that will bear no good.
reini, m. stone horse, stallion.
rendr, a. brimmed (skjöldr járni r.).
rengi, n. the eatable fibrous substance from the plaited undersurface of the rorqual.
rétti, n. stretching; rifja r., rib-stretching.
(réttr, in.); add, (6) storm, heavy sea (fengu þeir rétt mikinn; skipit var lekt ok þoldi ilia réttinn).
rinna, v. = renna (rann).
(rýma, v.); add, rýmdi Grettir þá fram á gólfit, then G. stepped forth on the floor.
sann-ráðinn, pp. verily betrayed.
skegg-öld, f. age of axes (skeggöld, skálmöld); cf. 'skeggja'.
(skemma, f.); add, storehouse.
skíð, n. lintel; hurð vár á skíði, the door was shut.
skoll-víss, a. 'skilled in tricks', deceitful (-vís kona).
skuld, f. = skyld; fyrir þann (= þá) s., at, because that.
slyðra, f. fibre.
snæfugr, a. = snefugr.
sonar-blót, n., etc., see 'sónar-blót' (sonar- is probably the correct form = OE. sunor, herd of swine).
sveip-víss, a. treacherous, false.
sýja (only pret. pl. séðu, pp. séðr, sœðr), v. to fasten together (the outer planking in a ship or boat).
sæing, f. sacrifice, sacrificial beast.



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