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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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alda-skipti,
n. change of time;
-tal, n. (1) chronology; (2) computation of time
(by the various chronological cycles).
al-dauða, a. indecl. dead and gone, extinct (eptir
dauða Haralds var aldauða hin forna ætt Danakonunga); aldauða arfr, inheritance
to which there is no heir alive.
alda-vinr, m. old, trusty friend.
aldin, n. tree-fruit (nuts, acorns, apples) ; fig., blezat
sé a. kviðar þíns, the fruit of thy womb.
aldin-berandi,
pr. p. bearing fruit.
aldin-falda, a. indecl. wearing an old-fashioned head-dress.
aldin-garðr, m. garden, orchard.
aldini, n. = aldin.
aldin-lause, a. bearing no fruit (-laust tré).
aldinn, a. old (inn aldni jötunn).
aldin-skógr, n. wood of fruit-trees
-tré, n. fruit-tree;
-viðr. m. fruitbearing trees.
aldr (gen. aldrs), m. (1) age, life, time; sautján
vetra at aldri, seventeen years of age ; ungr at aldri,
young; á ungum aidn, in (one's) youth; á gamals aldri, in
(one's) old age; hniginn at aldri, in the decline of life; hniginn
á efra aldr, stricken in years; á léttasta aldri, in the prime
of life lifa langan aldr, to enjoy a long life nema, ræna e-n
aldri, to take one's life; týna (slíta) aldri, to
lose one's life; (2) old age; vera við a., to be up in years;
aldri farinn or orpinn, very old; (3) long period,
age (eptir marga vetr ok mikinn a.); allan a. through all time,
always; of a.,um a. (ok æfi), for ever and ever; after a negation,
ever (þvílíka gersemi höfum vér eigi sét um a.); hverr um a. var
svá djarfr, who ever was so bold?
aldraðr, a. elderly (öldruð kona).
aldr-dagar, m. pl., um -daga, for ever and ever (=
um aldr);
-fremd, f. everlasting honour.
aldri, adv. (1) never (a. skal ek heðan ganga fyrr en hann
ríss upp); (2) ever, after a preceding negative or a comparative
(er nú ørvænt at vér munum a. fá dýr skotit) ; gerðu þá verra en aldri
fyrr, worst than ever before.
aldrigi (aldri-gi, dat. of aldr with the negative suffix -gi),
adv.= aldri.
aldr-lag, n. (1) one's appointed lot or fortune, destiny;
(2) end of life, death; verða e-m at -lagi, to bring
one to his end.
aldr-lok, n. pl. end of life, death;
-máli, m. tenure for life;
-nari, m. poet. name of fire;
-runar, f. pl. life-runes, charms for preserving life;
-sáttr. a. on terms of peace forever ;
-slit, n. pl. end of life, death (til -slita).
aldre-munr, m. difference in years.
aldr-stamr, a. fey, doomed to death
-tili, m. loss of life, death;
-tjón, n. loss of life;
-tregi, m. life-long sorrow.
ald-rœnn, a. elderly, aged.
aldyggiligr,-dyggr. a. faithful;
-dæli, a. very easy to deal with, gentle.
aleiga, f. one's entire property;
aleigu-mál, n., -sök, f. a suit involving a
person's whole property.
al-eyða (-dda, -ddr), v. to lay totally waste,
devastate;
-eyða, f. devastation; gera aleyðu, to turn into
a wilderness;
-eyða, a. indecl. altogether waste, empty, void of
people þar var aleyða at mönnum); hann brennir ok gerir aleyða landit,
makes the land an utter waste.
al-fari, a. fara (ríða í brott) al-fari, to go away (ride
off) for good;
-farinn, pp. worn out, far gone;
-feginn, a. very glad;
-frjáls, a. quite free;
-fródr, a. very wise;
-fullr, a. quite full;
-fúinn, a. quite rotten ;
-fóðr, m. father of all (name of Odin);
-gangsa, a. indecl. quite common;
-geldr, a. quite gelded;
-gera (-ða, -ðr). v. to finish, make
perfect.
alger-leikr, m. perfection;
-liga, adv. completely, fully;
-ligleikr, m. = -leikr.
al-gerr, a. perfect, complete ; finished;
-gervi, f. (1) perfection; (2) full attire;
-gildi, n. full value.
algildis-vitni, n. competent witness.
al-gjafta, a. indecl. stall-fed;
-gleymingr, m. great glee; slá á algleyming, to become
very merry;
-góðr, a.
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