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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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-kvísl, f. dung-fork, = mykikvísl;
-land, n. arable land;
-lengd, f. field's length (svá at akrlengd var í millum þeirra);
-lykkja, f. = -gerði;
-maðr, m. = -karl, akrgerðarmaðr.
akrplógs-maðr, m. ploughman.
akr-rein, f. strip of arable land;
-skipti, n. division of a field;
-skurðr, m. reaping;
akrskurðar-maðr, m. reaper.
akr-súra, f. field-sorrel;
-tíund, f. tithe paid on arable land;
-verð, n. price of a corn field;
-verk, n. fieldwork, harvest-work.
akrverks-maðr, m. husbandman; tiller of the ground.
akta (að), v. (1) to number, tax, value (a. fólkit, a. vísa eyri konungs); (2) to examine, search into (aktið þór ok öll leyni þau, er hann má felast); (3) to devote attention to, to study (a. ýmisligar íþróttir, bókligar listir); (4) to procure (a. þá hluti er hinum sjúka henta); a. e-t inn, to furnish, supply; (5) to debate, discuss in parliment (nú sem þetta var aktat, gengu menn til lögréttu).
ak-tamr, a. tame under the yoke (griðungr -tamr);
-taumr, m. esp. in pl. aktaumar, braces (straps) of a sail (cf. aka segli); Þórarinn hafði -taumana um herðar sér, had the braces round his shoulders; sitja í -taumuni, to manage the sail; fig., to have the whole management of a thing.
ala (el, ól, ólum, alinn), v. (1) to beget; born ólu þau, they begat children; börn þau, er hann elr við þeirri konu, begets by that woman; (2) to bear, give birth to (þóra ól barn um sumarit); börn þau öll, er alin eru fyrir jól, who are born before Christmas; alnir ok úalnir ( = úbornir), born and unborn, present and future generations; (3) to bring up (children); ala skal barn hvert er borit verðr, every child that is born shall be brought up; adding the particle 'upp' skal eigi upp alla, heldr út bera arn þetta, this child shall not be brought up, but be exposed to perish; of animals, to rear, breed (einn smásauð, er hann ól heima í húsi sínu); (4) to give food to, harbour, entertain (a. gest ok ganganda); guð elr gesti, God pays for the guests; (5) fig. in various phrases; a. aldr, a aldr sinn, to pass one's days; a. sút to grieve, mourn (- sýta) , a. önn of e-t or at e-u, to take care of, see to a. e-t eptir e-m, to give one encouragement in a thing (ól hann eptir engum mönnum ódáðir); a. á mál, to press or urge a matter (nú elr Gunnarr á málit við þórð ok segir).
alaðs-festr, f. the last ounce (eyrir) of the sum 'fjörbaugr' to be paid by a convict in the Court of Execution.
al-auðn, f. total devastation;
-auðr, a. altogether waste;
-bata, a. indecl completely cured, quite well;
-berr, a. (1) quite bare, stark-naked; (2) manifest;
-bitinn, pp. bitten all over
-bjartr, a. quite bright, brilliant;
-blindr, a. stone-blind;
-blóðugr, a. bloody all over;
-breiðr, a. of the full breadth (albreitt lérept);
-brotinn, pp. quite broken, shattered;
-brynjaðr, pp. cased in mail;
-búa, v. to fit out, furnish or equip completely (albúa kirkju), see búa;
-búinn, pp. (1) completely equipped (ok er Björn var albúinn ok byrr rann á); (2) albúinn e-s, at gera e-t, quite ready (willing) to do a thing;
-bygðr, pp. completely inhabited, at albygðu landi, after the colinization was finished.
alda, f. a heavy (swelling) wave, a roller.
alda, gen. pl. from 'öld';
aldafars-bók, f. - De Ratione Temporum, a work by Bede (svá segir heilagr Beda í -bók þeirri, er hann gerði um landaskipan í heiminum).
alda-mót, n. pl. the meeting of two (lunar) cycles, change of cycles.
aldar, gen. from 'öld';
aldar-eðli, n. everlasting possession (at -eðli);
-faðir, m. patriarch;
-far, n. spirit or manners of the age;
-mal, n. tenure for life;
-menn, m. pl. hinir fyrstu -menn várir, our first ancestors;
-rof, n. end of ages;
-róg, n. strife of men;
-tal, n. age (gamall at -tali);
-trygðir, f. pl. everlasting truce;
-þopti, m. = aldavinr.
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