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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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(Magnús konungr hafði þá ríki
einn saman ok ankannalaust).
ann-, in several compds.= and-.
anna (að), v. to be able to do (a. e-u) cf. 'annast
'.
annarligr, a. strange, alien.
annarr (önnur, annat), a., indef. pron., ord. numb.;
(1) one of the two,
the one (of two ); Egill þessi hefir aðra hönd (only one hand)
ok er kaliaðr einhendr; á aðra hönd, on the one side ; a....
a. one ... the other (hét a. Sörli, en a. þorkell) ; (2)
second; f. annat sinn, for the second time; høggr hann þegar
annat (viz. högg), a second blow; (3) the next following;
á öðru hausti, the next autumn ; annat sumar eptir; fig.,
next in value or rank; annat mest hof í Noregi, the next greatest
temple; fjölmennast þing annat eptir brennu Njáls, the fullest
assembly next to that after the burning of N.; (4) some other
(hón lék á gólfinu við aðrar meyjar) ; Þorarinn ok tíu menn aðrir,
and ten men besides; hann var örvari af fé en nokkurr a., than
anybody else; (5) other, different; öl er a. maðr, ale
(a drunken man) is another man, is not the same man; þau
höfðu annan átrúnað, a different religion; (6) in various combinations
; a. slikr, such another, another of the same sort; gekk
a. til at öðrum (one after another) at biðja hann ; hverja nótt
aðra sem aðra, every night in turn; annat var orð Finns harðara
en annat, each word of Finn was harder than another; aðrir
... aðrir, some... others; einir ok aðrir, various;
ymsir ok aðrir, now one, now another (nefna upp ymsa
ok aðra) ; hvárr (or hverr) . . annan, each other, one another
(hétu hvárir öðrum atförum); við þau tíðindi urðu allir glaðir ok
sagði hverr öðrum, one told the news to another, man to man.
annarra-brœðra, gen. pl. used ellipt. in the sense of children
of 'næsta brœðra', third cousins;
-brœtri, m. third cousin.
annarr hvárr, indef. pron., one or other of two persons,
either (drepa annan hvárn þeirra sona Skallagríms); at öðru hváru,
every now and then, aðrir hvárir, one or other of
the two parties ; neut. used as adv, annat hvárt ... eða, either...
or.
annarr hverr, indef. pron. every other alternately; annan
hvern dag, every other day; annat hvert orð, every other (second)
word; at öðru hverju, every now and then.
annarr tveggi, annarr tveggja, indef. pron. one or other of
the two annarr hvárr; er aðrir tveggju eru lengra í burt komnir en
ördrag, when either of the two parties has got further
away than an arrow's flight; annat tveggja ... eða, either ...
or.
annars, gen. from 'annarr', used as adv. otherwise, else (stendr
a. ríki þitt í mikilli haettu).
annarsligr, a.-annarligr.
annarstaðar, adv. elsewhere, in another place = annars
staðar.
annast (að), v. refl. (1) to take care of (mál
þetta mun ek a.) ; (2) to provide for, support (a. börn, ómaga);
a. sik, to support oneself; (3) a. um e-t, to be busy about,
to occupy oneself with (a. um matreiðu).
annáll (-s, -ar), m. chronological register, annals.
ann-boð, n. agricultural implements.
ann-friðr, m. cessation from lawsuits during the spring farming.
ann-kostr, m. -önnkostr.
ann-kvista, v. to take care of.
annmarka-fullr. a. faulty, full of faults;
-lauss, a. faultless.
ann-marki, m. (1)
defect, flaw, fault (þú leyndir -marka á honum) ; (2) adversity
(þú gaft mér varygð í farsælu, huggan í -marka).
ann-rikt, a. n., eiga -ríkt, to be very busy;
-samligr, a. toilsome, laborious;
-samt, a. n., e-m er -samt, one is very busy;
-semd, f. business, care, concern; bera mikla -semd
fyrir e-u, to be concerned about.
annt, a. n., e-m er a., eager, onerous; mörgum var a. heim,
many were eager to get home; hví mun honum svá a. at hitta
mik, why is he so eager? ekki er a. um þat, it is not pressing;
hvat er
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