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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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(freight) a ship with; fylla heiminn af sínu kyni, to fill the world with his offspring; (5) of ( = ór which is more frequent); húsit var gert af timbr stokkum, was built of trunks of trees; (6) fig, eigi vita menn hvat af honum er orðit, what has become of him; hvat hefir þú gert af Gunnari, what hast thou done with Gunnar?; (7) denoting parentage, descent, origin; ok eru af þeim komnir Gilsbekkingar, are descended from them; kominn af Trójumönnum, descended from the Trojans; (8) by, of (after passive) ek em sendr hingat af Starkaði, sent hither by; ástsæll af landsmönnum, beloved of; (9) on account of, by reason of, by; úbygðr af frosti ok kulda, because of frost and cold; ómáli af áverkum, speechless from wounds af ástsæld hans, by his popularity; af því, therefore; af hví, wherefor why; af því at, because; (10) by means of, by; framfœra e-n af verkum sínum, by means of his own labour; af sínu fé, by one's own means; absol., hann fek af hina mestu sœmd, derived ,great honour from it; (11) with adjectives, in regard to; mildr af fé, liberal of money; góðr af griðum, merciful; fastr af drykk, close (stingy) in regard to drink; (12) used absol. with a verb, off away; hann bað hann þá róa af fjörðinn, to row the firth off; ok er þeir höfðu af fjörðung, when they had covered one forth of the way, sofa af nóttina, to sleep the night away.
afar, adv. used as an intensive before an adj. or another adv., very, exceedingly (a. auðigr, a. breiðr, a. vel, a. illa).
afarkosta-laust, adv. on fair terms.
afar-kostr, m. hard terms;
-ligr, a. immense, huge;
-menni, n. an outstanding man;
-orð, n. overbearing word;
-úðigr, a. overbearing;
-yrði, n. pl. proud speech.
af-auðit, pp. n. e-m verðr afauðit um e-t, one has bad luck (fails) in a thing;
-blómga (að), v. to deprive of flowers; fig., afblómga frægð e-s, to detract from one's fame;
-boð, n. threats, high words;
-bragð, n. paragon. (afbrágð annarra manna); in genitive as a prefix to nouns, surpassing, excellent (afbragðs vænleikr, afbragðs maðr).
afbragðligr, a. surpassing.
afbrigð, n. deviation, transgression.
afbrigðar-tré, n. tree of transgression.
af-brigði, n. (1) alteration; (2) = -brigð;
-brot, n. offence, transgression;
-brugðning, f. deviation;
-brúðigr, a. jealous;
-brýða (-dda, -ddr), v. to be jealous;
-brýði, n. jealousy.
afburðar, gen. from 'afburðr', used as an intensive before adjectives and adverbs, very, exceedingly (a . digr, a. vænn, a. sterkliga, a. vel).
afburðar-maðr, m. man of mark;
-samr, a. given to distinguish oneself;
-skip, n. first-rate ship.
af-burðr, m. superiority; kvað honum eigi annat vænna til afburðar, to get the better of it; ok vilda ek, at hón yrði eigi með minnum afburðum, less glorious;
-dalr, m. a remote, an out-of-the-way, valley;
-deilingr, m. part, portion, share;
-dráttr, m. (1) diminution, deduction; (2) subtraction;
-drif, n. pl. destiny, fate (líkligr til stórra afdrifa);
-drykkja, f. = ofdrykkja;
-dœma (-da, -dr), v. (1) to take away from one by judicial decision (afdœma e-n e-u); (2) to prohibit;
-eggja (að), v. to dissuade;
-eigna (að), v. to dispossess (afeigna e-m e-t);
-eista (að), v. to castrate;
-erfa (-ða, -ðr), v. to disinherit;
-eyringr, m. one whose ears have been cut off;
-fall, n. diminution, abatement; selja e-t með afföllum, to sell at a discount.
affara, gen. pl. from 'afför', departure; hence affara-dagr, m. the last day of a feast; -dagr jóla, Twelfth Night;
affara-kveld, n. the last evening of a feast.
af-feðrast (að), v. to degenerate;
-ferma (-da, -dr), v. to unload (afferma skip);
-fletta (-tta, -ttr), v. to strip (affletta e-n e-u);
-flutningr, m. (1) depreciation; (2) dissuasion;
-flytja (see flytja), v. (1) to disparage
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