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  • 61 NÝSA

    (-ta, -t), v. to pry, peer; nýstak niðr, I peered down; svá nýsisk fróðra hverr fyrir, thus every wise man looks about him (= nýsir f. h. fyrir sik).
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    t, mod. form hnýsa, see introduction to letter H (B. II. 2. γ); [akin to njósn]:—to pry, enquire; nýsta ek niðr, Hm. 140; svá nýsisk fróðra hverr fyrr, 7; nýsumk hins, ok hygg at því, Stor. 13: mod. hnýsa, forvitnin holdsins hnýsir þrátt í Herrans leyndar-dóma, Pass. 21. 2.
    II. reflex., hnýsast í e-ð, to pry into; hnýsast í bréfið, to pry into a letter; hence hnýsinn, adj. curious, in a bad sense; hnýsni, curiosity.

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  • 62 OK

    I)
    conj.
    1) and; bæði … ok, both … and (bæði er hann vitr ok framgjarn);
    2) in comparison, as, and; sami maðr ok áðr, the same man as before; nú fór Svíum allt á eina leið ok Dönum, it went with the Swedes in the same way as with the Danes; þat er mjök sundrleitt (úlíkt) ok kristnir menn gøra, it differs much from what Christians do;
    3) of an adversative character, and yet, but (hann var særðr mörgum sárum ok engum stórum);
    4) introducing the apodosis, then = þá; esp. in the old laws; ef sá maðr (etc.) …, ok verðr hann útlagr, then he shall pay;
    5) used for the relative particle ‘er’; at höllu hann kom ok átti Íms faðir, which belonged to Im’s father; Geirröðr konungr átti þá son, ok hét Agnarr, who was called A.;
    6) also (hann heyrir ok þat, er gras vex á jörðu).
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    1.
    copulative conj.; the mod. form is og, which appears in the 15th century MSS., but the word is usually in the MSS. written thus ⁊. The Runic inscriptions mostly have auk, which diphthongal form has in the conj. been changed into ok, but is retained in the adverbial auk = etiam. As neither the stone in Tune nor the Golden horn happens to have the word, we are in the dark as to its earliest Scandinavian form. The particle ok is characteristic of the Scandinavian languages, as distinguished from the Germ. und, Engl. and; although this is more apparent than real, for the identity of ok with the Goth. copulative particle jah and uh. Hel. jac, has been conclusively demonstrated by Grimm, who also makes out an identity between Goth. uh, standing for hu, and Gr. καί, Lat. -que; the metathesis of uh for hu is analogous to Lat. ac = Gr. καί. Grimm farther supports this etymology by comparing the Teutonic compounds ne-hu, Icel. contr. né, with Lat. ne-c = ne-que, which proves the identity of both the suffixed particles, the Lat. c or que and the Teut. uh. The Goth. jah is a compound = jâ-uh = ‘immo-que;’ the Norse ok, too, is prob. a compound particle, the j being dropped, and then jâ-uh contracted into auh = auk; the final guttural h (sounded as χ), instead of being absorbed by the preceding vowel, was hardened into the tenuis k. The negative verbal suffix -a and -að, the nominal suffix -gi, and the copula ok will thus all be derived from one root,—one of the many instances of the Protean transformations of particles, even the negative and positive being interwoven into the same word.
    A. And, a copula between two or more nouns; í upphafi skapaði Guð himinn ok jörð, Edda (pref., Gen. i. 1); ríki ok konungdóm, Fms. i. 23; mikill ok sterkr, Nj. 2; væn kona ok kurteis ok vel at sér, 1; dætr þrjár ok sonu þrá, 30. If the nouns are many the usage may vary:—the nouns may be paired off, eldr ok vatn, járn ok málmr, Edda 36; or the copula is only put to the last, eldr, vatn, járn ok málmr; or, if emphatic, it may be reiterated, eldr ok vatn ok járn ok málmr; or ok may be left out altogether, málmr. steinar, jörðin, viðirnir, sóttirnar, dýrin, fuglarnir, eitrormar, Edda l. c.
    2. bæði ok, bæði er hann vitr ok framgjarn, Nj. 6.
    3. in comparison, as, and, = Lat. ac, atque; með jöfnum skildaga ok Hrólfr Kraki görði, Fb. ii. 137; samr maðr ek áðr, the same man as before, i. 364; hafa með sér sín epli, ok bera saman ok hin, and compare them and the others, Edda 46; hón var þá úlík ok fyrr, Fms. i. 185; þat er mjök sundrleitt ok Kristnir menn göra, it differs much from what Christians do, x. 171; á sömu leið ok fyrr, i. 253; samsumars ok Steingerðr gékk frá Bersa, Korm. 160; jamvandhæfr ok flörbaugsmaðr, Grág. i. 89.
    4. of an adversative character, and yet, but; mörgum sárum ok engum stórum, Fms. x. 370; þetta eru áheyrilig boð, ok újafnlig. Nj. 77; úsællig kona ertú, ok ( but yet) ekki svá at eigi megi sæma við slíkt, Fms. vii. 167.
    5. the particle ok connects together the parts of the sentence; þá mælti Frigg, ok spurði, then spoke Frigg, and asked, Edda 37; at þú bættir ráð þitt, ok bæðir þér konu, thou shouldst mend thy condition, and take thee a wife, Nj. 2:—it is used to mark the progress of a speech or sentence, féllusk Ásum orðtök ok svá hendr, ok sá hverr til annars, ok vóru allir með einum hug til þess er unnit hafði verkit; Loki tók. Mistiltein, ok sleit upp, ok gékk til þings …; Höðr tók Mistiltein, ok skaut at Baldri; Æsir tóku lík Baldrs, ok fluttu til sjávar, Edda 37; sendu þeir Ívar til hans, ok skyldi hann vita, Fms. x. 27.
    II. in the old law (the Grág.) the apodosis or conclusion is headed by ok, then, as in the standing phrase, ok verðr hann útlagr, ok varðar þat … marka útlegð, and he shall pay, i. e. then he shall …; þeir menn er sakir eigu, ok skulu þeir ganga til dóms …, and so in every page of the Grágás.
    III. in some ancient epic poems the ok is as an historical particle put at the head of sentences or verses in a manner which closely resembles the use of the Hebrew ו; the old Ýt. is in this respect remarkable,—ok sikling, I; ok salbjartr, 2; ok sá brann, 3; ok Visburs, ok allvald, 4; ok landherr, 5: ok ek þess opt fregit hafðak, 6; ok allvald, 7; ok þat orð, 8; ok hnakkmars, 10; ok varð hinn, 11; ok Hagbarðs, 12; ok þrálífr … ok sveiðuðs. 13; ok lofsæll, 14; ok Austmarr, ok við aur, ok dáðgjarn, 16; ok ljóshömum, 18; ok ofveg, ok sá frömuðr, 19; ok Ingjald, ok sjá urðr, 20; ok Skæreið, 22; ok nú liggr, 23: ok launsigr, ok buðlung, 24; ok um ráð, ok launsigr, 25; ok niðkvisl, 26; - so used about thirty times in this single poem; in other poems less freq., but yet it occurs, e. g. in the fragments of Vellekla, see also the references given s. v. auk (III).
    IV. the placing the copula before both the parts to be joined is curious; this only occurs in a few instances in old poetry; ok einnar átta, ‘and’ one eight, i. e. one plus eight = nine, Hd. (composed about 986 A. D.); ok hárar hamljót, ‘and hoary scraggy’ = hoary and scraggy, Haustl.; ok Sörli þeir Hamðir, ‘and Sorli Hamdir’ = S. and H., Bragi; ok átta enni-tungl fjögur höfuð, ‘and eight eyes four heads’ i. e. four heads and eight eyes, id.; ok hörga blóthús, Rekst.; ok svá jarlar Óláfar, = jarlar ok svá Óláfar, Sighvat; ok hringa hlínar óþurft mína, the woe of her and myself, Kormak; ok há grasi viði = há grasi ok viði, Gm. 17; ok Elfar Gandvikr miðli, Edda (Ht.) 1.
    V. used as an interjection; þú skalt fara í Kirkjubæ—Ok, hvat skal ek þangat? Nj. 74; ok skaltú enn þora at mæla jöfnum orðum við mik, 656 B. 10: akin to this is the mod. usage in exclamations, wrath, wonder, indignation, og, hvað er nú að tarna! og, hvernig ætli þú látir! og, ekki nema það!
    VI. the following are prob. ellipt.; segðú mér þat …, ok ek vilja vita, tell thou me that, and I wish to know = that which I want to know, Skm. 3; ætlar jarl at höggva þessa menn alla, ok þeir hofðu nú höndum á komit, all those, and (whom) they had got hold of, Fms. xi. 14.
    B. Adverb; older form auk, q. v., [Germ. auch; Old Engl. eke]:—also; þat er ok, at, Grág. i. 36; hér eru ok tignar-klæði, Nj. 6; hann vaknar ok sem aðrir, Fms. xi. 117; svá mun ok, Hom. 142, and in countless instances old and mod., see auk; eigi ok, neither, Fms. x. 324; það er og, so so!
    2.
    n. [Goth. juk; A. S. geoc; Engl. yoke; O. H. G. joh; Germ. joch; cp. Lat. jugum, Gr. ζυγόν; in the Northern languages the j is dropped, ok, Dan. aag]:—a yoke, Fb. ii. 72, Rb. 398, Al. 6, 19, Sks. 136 new Ed.: metaph., ok vóru svá Norðmenn undir því oki, Ó.T. 15; ok-björn, ok-hreinn, poët. = a ‘yoke-bear,’ an ox, Ýt., Lex. Poët.

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  • 63 RÚN

    f., pl. rúnar: [rún, raun, reyna are all kindred words, and a lost strong verb, rúna, raun, meaning to enquire, may be presumed; the original notion is scrutiny, mystery, secret conversation; Gotb. runa, by which Ulf. several times renders the Gr. μυστήριον and συμβούλιον (once, Matth. xxvii. 1), βουλή (twice, Luke vii. 30, 1 Cor. iv. 5); A. S. rún = a ‘rowning’ mystery, but also = writing, charter; Hel. rûna = colloquium, and geruni = loquela (Schmeller); cp. Old Engl. to rown, Germ. raunen; Gr. ἐ-ρευνάω is also supposed to be a kindred word (Bugge). In Scandin. writers and poets rún is chiefly used of magical characters, then of writing, whereas the derivative word raun means trial, enquiry, and rúni and rúna = a friend or counsellor.]
    B. A secret, hidden lore, mystery; frá jötna rúnum ok allra goða segðú it sannasta, Vþm. 42, 43; kenna rúnar, to teach wisdom, Rm. 33; dæma um rúnar ok regin-dóma, Hm. 112; minnask á fornar rúnar, Vsp. 59: saws, segja sannar rúnir, to tell true saws, Fas. ii. 302 (in a verse): a ‘rowning’ speech, vifs rúnir, a woman’s whispering, Bm.; heita e-n at rúnum, to consult one, Gh. 12, Skv. 3. 14, 43; hniga at rúnum, Gkv. 3. 4.
    II. a Rune or written character; the earliest Runes were not writing in proper sense, but fanciful signs possessing a magical power; such Runes have, through vulgar superstition, been handed down even to the present time, for a specimen of them see Ísl. Þjóðs. i.435, 436, and Arna-Magn. Nos. 687. 4 to, and 434. 12 mo (Ísl. Þjóðs.pref. ix); the classical passages for these spell-Runes are, Hm. 133 sqq., Sdm. 5 sqq., Skm. 29, 36, Eg. ch. 44, 61, 75, Yngl. S. ch. 7, Grett. ch. 85, N. G. L. iii. 286, 300, Vsp. 59; cp. also the phrase, rísta trénið, Grág., Fs. 56. The phrase in the old Danish Ballads, kaste runer, to throw Rúnes, i. e. chips (see hlaut, hlautviðr), may be compared to the Lat. sortes, Mommsen’s Hist, of Rome, vol. i. p. 187, foot-note (Engl. Ed.), or the Sibylline leaves in the Aeneid.
    2. Runes as writing;the word was first applied to the original Northern alphabet, which at an early time was derived from the common Phœnician, probably through Greek or Roman coins in the first centuries of our era. From these Runes were subsequently formed two alphabets, the old Scandinavian (whence again the Anglo-Saxon), as found on the Golden horn and the stone in Tune, and the later Scandinavian, in which the inscriptions in the greater number of the Swedish and Danish stone monuments are written, most being of the 10th (9th?) and following centuries.—A curious instance of the employment of Runes is their being written on a kefli (a round piece of wood) as messages (cp. the Gr. σκυτάλη), as is freq. recorded in the Sagas, e. g. Gísl. 45, 67, Fms. ix. 390, 490, Grett. 154 new Ed., Fb. i. 251 (of the deaf and dumb Oddny). It is doubtful whether poems were ever written in this way, for almost the only authority for such a statement is Eg. 605, where we read that the Sonatorrek was taken down on a Runic stick, the other instances being mostly from romances or fabulous Sagas, Grett. 144, Örvar Odds S.(fine). This writing on a kefli is mentioned in the Latin line, Barbara ‘fraxineis’ sculpatur runa ‘tabellis,’ Capella (5th century). In later times (from the 13th century) Runic writing was practised as a sort of curiosity; thus calendars used to be written on sticks, of which there is a specimen in the Bodl. Library in Oxford; they were also used for inscriptions on tombstones, spoons, chairs, and the like: there even exists in the Arna-Magn. Library a Runic MS. of an old Danish law, and there is a Runic letter in Sturl. (of the year 1241); Runes carved on an oar occur in Fs. 177: a hidden treasure in a chest is labelled with Runes, Fms. vi. 271, Sd. 146, cp. also the interesting record in Bs. i. 435 (sex manna bein vóru þar hjá honum ok vax ok rúnar þær er sögðu atburð lifláts þeirra).
    3. the word rún is also, though rarely, applied to the Latin alphabet; ef hann er á þingi þá skal hann rísta nafn hans ef hann kann rúnar, N. G. L. i. 171; or generally, ræki ek eigi hvárt þú rítr ø þitt eðr o,  eða a, ę eða e, y eða u, en ek svara svá, eigi er þat rúnanna kostr þó at þú lesir vel eða ráðir vel at líkindum, þar sem rúnar visa óskírt, heldr er þat þinn kostr, Thorodd 162; þessi er upphaf allra hátta svá sem málrúnar eru fyrir öðrum minum, Edda (Ht.) 121.
    III. in pr. names, Rún-ólfr: as the latter part in pr. names of women, Guð-rún, Sig-rún, Öl-rún, Landn., Nj., Bs., Sturl., Sæm.
    COMPDS: rúnakefli, rúnamál, Rúnameistari, rúnastafr.

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  • 64 SKJÖLDR

    (gen. skjaldar, dat. skildi; pl. skildir, acc. skjöldu), m. shield;
    hafa e-n at skildi fyrir sér, to have another as a shield before one;
    bera efra (hærra) skjöld, to have the best of it, to gain the day;
    þjóna undir þann skjöld, to serve under that standard;
    leika tveim skjöldum, to play a double game;
    koma í opna skjöldu, to attack in flank (from the left);
    skjóta skildi yfir e-n, to protect one.
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    m., gen. skjaldar, dat. skildi; an old dat. in poets skjaldi,—hj aldrs á mínum skj aldi, Eb. 27 new Ed. (in a verse); h aldorð í bug skj aldi, Fms. vi. (in a verse); h aldir fast ok skj aldi, Kormak: plur. skildir; acc. skjöldu, mod. skildi: [Ulf. skildus = θυρεός, Ephes. vi. 16; Dan. skjold; Swed. sköld; common to all Teut. languages: it is commonly derived from skjól, shelter, although the short root vowel and the final d of skild speak against this: ‘skillingr’ or ‘skildingr’ ( a shilling) may be a derivative from ‘skildus,’ from the shape, and from the painted or scratched ‘ring’ on the shields; see below: in fact, an old poet (Bragi) calls the shield ‘the penny of the hall of Odin.’]
    A. A shield, the generic name; the special names are, rönd, rít, baugr, targa, lind; þeir höfðu ekki langa skjöldu, Fas. i. 379; góðan skjöld ok þjökkan á hálsi, Sks. 407; skjöld á hlið, Bjarn. 62, and so in countless instances.
    II. special phrases; halda skildi fyrir e-m (e-n), to hold one’s shield, as a second in a holmganga, Glúm. 332, Korm. 88; or, fyrir e-n, Ísl. ii. 257; era héra at borgnara þótt hæna beri skjöld, Fms. vii. 116: hafa e-n at skildi, to have another as one’s shield, i. e. seek shelter behind him, Nj. 8; bera efra skjöld, to carry the highest shield, gain the day, Fas. i. 383, Fms. x. 394: þjóna undir þann skjöld, to serve under that shield, that standard, vii. 293; þjóna undir sama skjöld, viii. 109: binda öllum jafnan skjöld, to tie the same shield to all, treat all in one fashion (metaphor from a withy-shield?), Clem. 44: leika tveim skjöldum, to play with two shields, play a double game (metaphor from the red and white shields, see B), Am. 70, Hkr. i. (in a verse): koma í opna skjöldu, to fall into the open (hollow) shield, to attack in flank ( from the left), Fms. vi. 408, Stj. 365, Eg. 295, Fb. ii. 123; rennir sá maðr í kirkjugarð, ok sækir þingat skjöld, and seeks protection there, N. G. L. i. 352; múrr ok skjöldr, Mar.
    III. of any shield-formed thing; tólgar-s., a round piece of tallow; also of shield-like spots on cattle or whales: of a white tablet in churches, Vm. 142, 162, 168, Ám. 55, Pm. 17: brjóst-skjöldr, a round brooch.
    IV. a pr. name, Nj., Hkr. (of the son of Odin, the ancestor of the Danish kings); Skjöldungar, Edda; Skjöldr Skánunga goð, Fb. iii. 246.
    COMPDS: skjaldarband, skjaldarbukl, skjaldarfetill, skjaldarjötunn, skjaldarrönd, skjaldarskirfl, skjaldarsporðr.
    B. Remarks on the shield.—A shield was raised as a signal in time of war; a red shield betokened war (rauðr skjöldr, her-skjöldr), a white shield peace (hvítr skjöldr, friðar-skjöldr, a peace-shield); in a battle the red shield was hoisted, Hkv. 1. 33; but, bregða upp friðar skildi, to hoist the (white) shield of peace, was a sign that the battle was to cease; hann lét skjóta upp skildi hvítum, Fagrsk. 6l, Fms. vii. 23; hence also the phrase, bera herskjöld, or, fara herskildi, to harry, overrun a land with the ‘war shield,’ see frið-skjöldr and her-skjöldr (s. v. herr). War ships were lined from stem to stern with a wall of shields,—skip skarat skjöldum, or skjaldat skip; hann kom í Bjarnar-fjörð með al-skjölduðu skipi, síðan var hann Skjaldar-Björn kallaðr, Landn. 156. The halls of the ancients were hung all round with a row of shields, Gm. 9, Edda 2, Eg. 43, see the curious story in Fas. iii. 42. For the shield-wall in battles see skjald-borg. Ancient sayings; nú er skarð fyrir skildi, now there is a gap for a shield, a breach in the fence, of a heavy loss, such as the death of a person, nú er skarð fyrir skildi, nú er svanrinn nár á Tjörn, Jón Þorl.; höggva skarð í skildi e-s, to cut a notch in one’s shield, inflict a severe blow, Orkn. (in a verse). Shields were furnished with a painted or carved ‘ring’ representing mythological or heroic subjects; these rings are the earliest works of Northern art on record, hence come the names rít, baugr, rönd, of which rít points to scratching (whereas Bragi used ‘fá’ = to paint); rauðum skildi, rönd var ór gulli, Hkv. 1. 33. Such shields were a lordly gift, and gave rise to several ancient poems treating of the subjects carved or painted on the shield, such as the famous Haust-löng by Thjodolf, the Ragnars-kviða by Bragi, the two Beru-drápur (Shield-songs) by Egill; these ‘shield-lays’ were afterwards the sources of the writer of the Edda, but only a few fragments are preserved; (cp. the Greek lay on ‘the shield of Heracles,’ and the lay on Achilles’ shield in the Iliad.)

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  • 65 Surtr

    m., gen. surts and surtar, [svartr], the Black, the name of a fire-giant, the world-destroyer, Vsp. 52, 54, Vþm. 17, 18; Surta(r)-logi, the flame of Surt, the last destruction of the world by fire, Vþm. 50: curious is the phrase, gott er þá á Gimli með Surti, Edda (Cod. Ups. ii. 292). surtar-brandr, m. ‘surts-brand,’ is the common Icel. word for jet, see Eggert Itin. The word is found on vellum MS. of Bret. (1849) 116, and is therefore old, and interesting because the name of the mythical fire-giant and destroyer is applied to the prehistoric fire as a kind of heathen geological term.
    2. in local names; Hellinn Surts (mod. Surts-hellir) is the name of the famous cave in Icel.; hellinn Surts, Sturl. ii. 181; hann fór upp til hellisins Surts ok færði þar drápu þá er hann hafði ort um jötuninn í hellinum, Landn. 199.
    II. a nickname and pr. name, Landn.
    2. the name of a black dog. surtar-epli, n., botan. ‘Surt’s apple,’ the pod or capsule of an equisetum, Eggert Itin. 434.

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  • 66 TÁR

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    n. tear (hrundu tárin á kinnr honum); fella tár, to shed tears.
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    n., pl. tár, old pl. t́r; [Goth. tagr; A. S. teâr; Engl. tear; O. H. G. zakar; Germ. zähre; Swed. tår; Dan. taare; Lat. lacryma; Gr. δάκρυ]:—a tear, tears; móðug tár, moody tears, Gh.; fella tár, to let fall tears, Stj.; tárin hrundu, Fms. vi. 235; hrutu ór augum honum tár þau sem því vóru lík sem hagl þat er stórt er, Glúm. 342 (cp. þá fann Páll at hann leit frá, ok stökk ór andlitiuu sem haglkorn væri, Sturl. iii. 193); hvat berr nú þat við, faðir minn, er þér hrynja tár, Ld. 132: the instances of this word in the Sagas are rare, bearing out the remarks of Tacitus—lamenta et lacrymas cito, dolorem et tristitiam tarde ponunt; feminis lugere honestum est, viris meminisse, Germ. ch. 27, words which call to mind the scene in Fær. S. ch. 7—sveinarnir sátu á klettimun ok sá upp á þessi tíðendi. ok grét Þórir, en Sigmundr mælti, grátum eigi, frændi, en munum lengr; víg-tár, ‘war-tears,’ tears boding revenge, Sighvat: in poets ‘tears’ are called the brá-regn, brú-dögg, skúrir, él kinna, brá, i. e. rain, dew, shower, hail of the cheeks, brows, see Edda: gold is called Freyju-tár, i. e. tears of Freyja; ‘tears of the wound’ = blood, ‘the tears of the sky’ = rain, etc., Lex. Poët.: the mod. Dan. and Swed. usage, calling a drop of wine or spirits ‘en taare,’ god tår, is curious.
    COMPDS: tárblandinn, tárdöggr, tárafall, tárfella, tárfelldr, tárfelling, tármelti, tármildr, társtokkinn.

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  • 67 TÍÐ

    (pl. -ir), f.
    1) time;
    langa (skamma) tíð, for a long (short) while;
    also as masc. in phr., í þann (or þenna) tíð;
    2) hour (á níundu tíð dags);
    3) pl. divine service, prayers (syngja tíðir);
    fylgja tíðum, fara (sœkja) til tíða, to attend divine service.
    * * *
    f.; the curious phrase í þann tíð is prob. not to be explained as an old masc., but rather by þan = þá, ‘þan’ being an obsolete pron. form with a final n, cp. þansi on the Runic stones: [A. S. tîd; Engl. tide; Dan.-Swed. tid; Germ. zeit]:—tide, time; langa tíð, a long while, Íb. 12; skamma tíð, a short while; alla tíð, all times, ever; Ísland bygðisk í þann tíð es …, Jb. 4; í þann tíð árs, Anal. 291; í þann tið var úfriðr, Blas. 43, Hkr. ii. 211 (þenna tíð, Ó. H. l. c.), Grág. i. 500; þeirrar tíðar, then and there, Fms. vi. (in a verse); skamrar tiðar ríki, 656; nökkuri tíð, once upon a time, Fms. iv. 46; á þeim tíðum, Ver. 7; áðr á tíðum, in days of yore, Hallgr.
    2. the season; hin bezta tíð mun koma yfir Egiptaland, Stj.; góðrar tíðar, in a happy hour, Fms, x. 432 (in a verse); sá er borinn var beztrar tíðar, id., vi. (in a verse); hæstrar tíðar, ix. (in a verse); íllrar tíðar, in an evil hour, Hallfred, Stor. 8 (allrar tíðar Cod.): freq. in mod. usage of the weather, season, það er góð tíð, bezta tíð til lands og sjóar; ó-tið, a bad season, bad time, bad weather; Páskar eru helgari enn aðrar tíðir, Anal. 291; at hann hafi haft þrjár tíðir á sínum dögum, Fms. x. 276; skal vanda tíð at eiðfæra úmaga … eigi skal færa um Langaföstu né löghelgar tíðir, Grág. i. 245; konur skal taka á tíðum ( in season) en eigi á útíðum (cp. Dan. i utide = out of season), N. G. L. i. 16; á helgum tíðum, on sacred days, 10: the phrase, á öllum árs tíðum.
    3. an hour;á níundu tíð dags, Stj.; leið eigi helmingr einnar tíðar, áðr …, Fms. x. 347; þriðjung tíðar, hálfa fimtu tíð, Rb. 480, 524; á enni fyrstu tíð nætrinnar, 623. 32; sem leið at þriðju tíð nætr, Al. 168.
    4. service-time, bora canonica in the eccl. law; miðs-morguns tíð, dagmála tíð, miðs dags tíð, eykðar tíð, aptan-söngs tíð, Hom. (St.): esp. in plur., syngja tíðir, Fb. ii. 295; flytja tíðir, Stat. 267; syngja yfir líki þær tíðir er til byrjar, N. G. L. i. 14; kaupa tíðir, 12; til kirkju þeirrar er hann kaupir tíðir at, 19; var þat lengi at hann mátti eigi syngja tíðirnar, Nj. 279; sækja tíðir, fylgja tíðum, etc., passim; Máríu-tíðir, Þorláks-tíðir, the service, chant to the Virgin Mary, St. Thorlac, Bs. i. 847.
    5. gramm., Skálda 179, 185, Edda 124.
    COMPDS: tíðabók, tíðafærr, tíðaför, tíðagata, tíðagörð, tíðahald, tíðakaup, tíðalauss, tíðamaðr, tíðaoffr, tíðarenta, tíðaskrá, tíðasókn, tíðasöngr, tíðaveizla.

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  • 68 tví-menna

    t, to ride two on one horse; nær hálfum mánaði síðar var honum (the horse) tvímennt, Bs. i. 389: in the phrase, tvímenna yfir ána, to cross a river two on one horse, an every day’s occurrence in Icel.; as to Scotland in ancient times, there is a curious record in Orkn. ch. 5; a lively sketch of this is found in the Queen’s ‘Leaves from a Journal,’ ‘Fording the Poll Tarf.’

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  • 69 undr-látr

    adj. wondering, curious, eager for strange news; veit ek at Háleygir eru undrlátir, Fms. vii. 132; lið várt er undrlátt Háleygjanna, Mork. 178, l. c.

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  • 70 Urðar-brunnr

    m. the Weird’s spring, the holy well where the Norns reside, Vsp., Edda; there is a curious passage in an Icel. Christian poem written shortly after the introduction of the new Faith, where Christ is represented as sitting at the well of Urðr in the south, id. (in a verse).

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  • 71 víkingr

    (-s, -ar), m.
    1) freebooter, sea-rover, pirate, viking (Flóki Vilgerðarson hét maðr, hann var v. mikill);
    2) in later times, robber, highwayman.
    * * *
    m. a freebooter, rover, pirate, but in the Icel. Sagas used specially of the bands of Scandinavian warriors, who during the 9th and 10th centuries harried the British Isles and Normandy: the word is peculiarly Norse, for although it occurs in A. S. in the poem Byrnoth (six or seven times), it is there evidently to be regarded as a Norse word; and prob. so too in the poem ‘Exodus,’ in the words rondas bærun sæwicingas, over saltne mere; lastly, in ‘Widsith,’ as the name of a people, and Liðvicingas (= Liðungar? q. v.) The word ‘víkingr’ is thought to be derived from vík ( a bay), from their haunting the bays, creeks, and fjords;—or it means ‘the men from the fjords,’ the coincidence that the old Irish called the Norsemen ‘Lochlannoch.’ and Norway ‘Lochlan,’ is curious.
    B. A few selected references will illustrate the word:—Naddoddr hét maðr, hann var víkingr mikill, Landn. 26; Flóki Vilgerðarson hét maðr, hann var v. mikill, 28; slógusk í Eyjarnar víkingar ok herjuðu ok ræntu víða, 41; Úlfr víkingr ok Ólafr bekkr fóru samskipa til Íslands, 202; en er þeir lágu til hafs kómu at þeim víkingar ok vildu ræna þá, en Gautr laust stafnbúann þeirra við hjálmun-veli, ok lögðu víkingar við þat frá, siðan var hann kallaðr Hjálmun-gautr, 223; Hrafn hafnar-lykkill var víkingr mikill, hann fór til Íslands ok nam land …, 269; Ölvir barna-karl hét maðr ágætr í Noregi, hann var víkingr mikill, hann lét eigi henda börn á spjóta-oddum sem þá var víkingum títt, því var hann barna-karl kallaðr, 308; maðr hét Þorsteinn, gamall maðr ok sjónlítill, hann hafði verit rauða-víkingr (q. v.) í æsku sinni, Þorst. S.; Þorkell miðlangr, hann er rauðr víkingr ok í missætti við Hákon jarl, Fms. xi. 121; her-víkingr, a pirate, i. 225 (p. 259); víkings efni, víkinga höfðingi, konungr, Eg. 190, Fms. vi. 389, Fas. ii. 132; víkinga lið, Stj.; víkinga skip, skeið, snekkja, Hkr. i. 296, Korm. 236, Fms. i. 289; víkinga bæli, Eg. 251; víkinga rán, Fms. vi. 291; Bera kvað Egil vera víkings-efni … þegar hann hefði aldr til ok honum væri fengin herskip, Eg. 190 (and the following verse—þat mælti mín móðir, at mér skyldi kaupa fley ok fagrar árar, fara í hring með víkingum …); af Gizori má göra þrjá menn, hann má vera víkinga höfðingi …, þá má hann ok vera konungr …, með þriðja hætti má hann vera biskup, ok er hann bezt til þess fallinn af þessum þremr, Fms. vi. 389: on Swed. Runic stones, sá var víkinga-vörðr með Gauti, Baut. 267; allir víkingar, Brocm. 197. Of old poems the Hkv. Hund. well illustrates the life and warfare of Vikings of the 9th and 10th centuries, where also the word itself occurs (verpr vígroða um víkinga); as also vinr víkinga, in the song in Hervar. S.; víkingr Dana, Helr. 11; the saying, víkingar fara ekki at lögum.
    2. in after times the word fell into discredit, and is used, esp. in eccl. legends, as = robber, being applied by a misnomer even to highwaymen, Stj. passim; víkingsins Alexandri, Al. 98; Besso þeim vánda víkingi, 122; víkinga dráp, Grett. 100; þessum vansignaða víkingi, Stj. 463 (of Goliath), so in Grág. ii. 136; or even in the Landn., Þorbjörn bitra hét maðr, hann var v. ok íllmenni, 159. For the laws of the ancient Vikings, their discipline and manners, see esp. Hálfs S. ch. 10, Jómsvík. ch. 24 (Fms. xi), Flóam. S. ch. 2, Vd. ch. 2, Yngl. S. ch. 34, 41, Eg. ch. 48, Ó. T. (Hkr.) ch. 101, 102, Ó. H. ch. 21, the Orkn. S. (Sweyn Asleifson) ch. 115, Þorvalds S. Víðf. ch. 1 (Bs. i. 36, 37): records of their wars and voyages, the Landn. passim, the first chapters of Eg., Eb., Ld., Grett., Orkn., Hkr. i. passim.
    II. Víkingr, a pr. name, Landn. and several times on the Swed. Runic stones; cp. Súð-víkingr, a man from Súðavík, Bs.

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  • 72 VÍKJA

    * * *
    (vík; veik, vikum; vikinn), v.
    1) to move, turn, with dat. (sveinninn mátti hvergi víkja höfðinu);
    hann veik sér hjá dyrunum, he passed by the door;
    víkja e-m af hendi, to turn one off, dismiss;
    víkja e-u af sér, to decline (A. veik því af sér);
    víkja e-u til ráða (atkvæða) e-s, to hand it over to one’s decision;
    víkja tali, rœðu, máli til e-s, to turn one’s speech to one, address oneself to one;
    víkja til e-s, to mention, refer to (hefr hann svá kvæðit, at hann víkr til Ólafs konungs);
    víkja til við e-n, to broach it to one;
    víkja á e-t, to hint at (Þ. víkr á nökkut í Þorgeirsdrápu á misþokka þeira);
    víkja á við e-n = víkja til við e-n;
    víkja svá bœkr til, at, the books indicate that;
    2) to move, go (þeir víkja þegar eptir þessum mönnum);
    víkja aptr, to return (þeir víku aptr ok leita þeira);
    hann veik heim, he returned home;
    víkja til norðrættar, to trend north (þat ríki víkr til norðrættar);
    víkja inn til hafnar, to veer round and seek harbour (önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni);
    víkja eptir e-m, to follow one’s example;
    víkja eptir e-u, to yield to (víkja eptir freistingu fjándans);
    3) impers. to turn, trend;
    landinu víkr til landnorðrs, the land trends to north-east;
    svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was of this nature;
    nú veik svá við, at liðit fór yfir á eina mikla, now it came to pass;
    nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðardala, now the story turns west to B.;
    en þar veik annan veg af, it turned out quite another way;
    4) refl., víkjast, to turn oneself;
    víkjast aptr, to return;
    hón sat ok veikst eigi, she sat and stirred not;
    víkjast eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate;
    víkjast undan e-u, to evade, decline;
    víkjast undan við e-n, to refuse one;
    víkjast undir hlýðni við e-n, to do homage to;
    víkjast við e-t, to respond to (kvað hann vel hafa vikizt við sína nauðsyn).
    * * *
    older vikva, MS. 325. 76; the spelling with y is curious; pres. vykr, Hom. (a very old vellum); pret. veyk, Ó. H. 174. l. 9, Mork. 171. l. 34; ykva, q. v., also occurs (vi = y); pres. vík; pret. veik, veikt, veik, pl. viku; subj. víki; imperat. vík (víktu); part. vikinn; a pret. vék (like sté, hné, from stíga, hníga) has prevailed in mod. usage (vék, lék, Úlf. 3. 34), but is hardly found in old writers: [Dan. vige; Swed. vika.]
    B. To move, turn; veik hann þaðan ok kom fyrir konung, Stj.; hann veik þá upp á hálsinn, Gullþ. 61 new Ed.; víkr hann út á borgar-vegginn, Fms. x. 238; Þórir veik aptr til Jómalans, Ó. H. 135; þeir viku aptr ( returned) ok leita þeirra, Fms. ix. 54; hann veik heim, returned home, Ísl. ii. 202, v. l.; veik ek hjá ( I passed by) allstaðar er spillvirkja bælin eru vön at vera, Fms. ii. 81; þeir viku þá í Eystri-dali, ix. 233; es maðrinn výkr (sic) eptir teygingu fjándans, Hom. 216 (Ed.); þat skyldi eptir öðru líkja eðr víkja, Fms. v. 319; margir höfðingjar viku mjök eptir honum ( followed him) í áleitni við Harald, vii. 165; megu vér þar til víkja, we may call there, Grett. 5 new Ed.; víkja mörgum hlutum eptir þínum vilja, Fb. i. 320; Arnkell veik því af sér, A. declined, Eb. 122, Ld. 68; tók hann því seinliga ok veik nökkut til ráða bræðra sinna, Eb. 208; veik hann sér hjá dyrunum, Fs. 62; svá at sveinninn mætti hvergi víkja höfðinu, move with the head, i. e. turn, stir the head, Fms. ii. 272; engi maðr skal þér í móti víkja hendi né fæti, stir hand or foot against thee, Stj. 204; víkja hendinni, 581 (in mod. usage, víkja hvorki hendi né fæti, of a lazy person); hann veik honum frá sér, he pushed him off, Fms. ix. 243 (v. l.), Stj. 614; hann veik sér undan, turned aside, Bs. i. 861; vík (imperat.) hegat keri þínu, pass the beaker! Stj. 136; helgir feðr viku til bindendi níu-vikna-fóstu (dat.), 49.
    2. metaph.; veik hann til samþykkis við bændr ræðu sinni, Fms. ii. 35; hón veik tali til kóngs-sonar, she turned her speech to the king’s son, Pr. 431; var því vikit til atkvæða Marðar, Nj. 207; viku þeir til Haralds málinu, Fms. vii. 169; þessu veik hann til Snorra Goða, Eb. 84; ok forvitnask um þat er til hennar var vikit af þessum stórmælum, 625. 86; konungr tók vænliga á ok veik undir Gizur hvíta, Nj. 178, Fb. i. 273; veik hann á þat fyrir þeim, at …, he hinted at, Ld. 26; Þormóðr víkr á nokkut í Þorgeirs-drápu á misþokka þeirra, Th. hints at, Fbr. 24 new Ed.; hón veik á við Önund, at hón vildi kvæna Ólaf frænda sinn, Grett. 87; víkja svá bækr til, at …, the books indicate, Karl. 547; hélt Þorleifr á um málit en Arnkell veik af höndum, declined, Eb. 182.
    3. to trend; þat ríki víkr til norðrættar, Fms. xi. 230.
    4. to turn, veer, of a ship, better ykva; skútan renndi fram hart, ok varð þeim seint at víkja, Fms. vii. 202; ok (she) reist svá rúman krókinn at þeir fengu eigi at vikit, viii. 386; önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni, ix. 310; lát víkja! víkja til, til at víkja, vi. 244, 262, l. c.; Þórðr veik frá ok ór læginu því skipi, vii. 113; viku þeir nú stöfnum, veered round, ix. 301; þá gátu þeir vikit jarls skipinu. viii. 386; þann hjálmun-völ, er hann hneigir ok víkr með hjörtum stór-höfðingja, Sks. 479 B: metaph., mátti Þórir eigi vikva skapi sínu til Magnúss, Fms. x. 411; þar veik annan veg, it took another turn, viii. 60; þat þóttusk menn skilja, at konungr viki meirr áleiðis með Gizuri the king was biassed towards G. þat allt er honum þótti svá mega, Sturl. iii. 91.
    II. impers. to turn, recede, trend; landi víkr, the land recedes, draws back, as one sails on, Orkn. (in a verse); þaðan víkr landi til landnorðrs, A.A. 289; feninu víkr at hálsinum upp, Eg. 582; svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was thus shaped, Pr. 411; nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðar-dala, the story turns west to B., Nj. 2; en þar veik annan veg af, but it turned quite another way, Fms. viii. 60; nú veik svá við ( it came to pass) at liðit fór yfir eina á mikla, 33.
    III. reflex. to turn oneself; víkjask aptr, to turn back, Fs. 37: to stir, hón sat ok veiksk eigi, she sate and stirred not, Landn. 152; vikjask eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate, Fs. 4; víkjask undan e-u, to evade, shun, decline, Ld. 18, 42, Fms. xi. 94; hann víksk skjótt við þetta mál, respond to it, 27; kveðr hann vel hafa vikizk við sína nauðsyn, 29, i. 208; flestir menn vikusk lítt undir af orðum þeirra, Bs. i. 5; Íslendingar höfðu þá vikizk undir hlýðni við Magnús konung, Fms. x. 157; hann veiksk við skjótt, started at once, Hrafn. 18.

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  • 73 VÍN

    * * *
    I)
    (gen. -jar), f. meadow.
    m. friend, = vinr.
    * * *
    n. [this word, though foreign, is common to all Teut. languages, and is one of the few words which at a very early date was borrowed from the Lat.; it is found in the oldest poems, and appears there as a naturalised word; Ulf. has wein = οινος; A. S. and O. H. G. wîn; Germ. wein; Engl. wine; Dan. vin]:— wine; at víni, Hðm. 21, Gísl. (in a verse); en við vín eitt vápn-göfigr, Óðinn æ lifir, Gm. 19; vín var í könnu, Rm. 29. Wine was in early times imported into Scandinavia from England; þeir kómu af Englandi með mikilli gæzku víns ok hunangs ok hveitis, Bs. i. 433, (in the Profectio ad Terram Sanctam, 146, for vim mellis, tritici, bonarumque vestium, read vini, mellis, etc.); or it was brought through Holstein from Germany, as in Fms. i. 111; Þýðerskir menn ætla héðan at flytja smjör ok skreið, en hér kemr í staðinn vín, in the speech of Sverrir, Fms. viii. 251; the story of Tyrkir the Southerner (German), Fb. i. 540, is curious:—for wine made of berries (berja-vín), see Páls S. ch. 9, and Ann. 1203: cp. the saying, vín skal til vinar drekka, Sturl. iii. 305; eitt silfr-ker fullt af víni, id.: allit., vín ok virtr, Sdm.
    2. poët., hræ-vín, hrafn-vín, vitnis-vín, = blood, Lex. Poët.
    B. COMPDS: vínbelgr, vínber, vínberill, vínbyrli, víndropi, víndrukkinn, víndrykkja, víndrykkr, vínfat, vínfátt, vínferill, víngarðr, víngefn, vínguð, víngörð, vínhús, vínhöfigr, vínker, vínkjallari, Vínland, vínlauss, Vínlenzkr, vínleysi, vínóðr, vínórar, vínpottr, vínsvelgr, víntré, víntunna, vínviði, vínviðr, vínþrúga, vínþröng.

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  • 74 Völsi

    a. m. [evidently the same word as Gr. φαλλός], the name of a heathen phallus-idol, as to which see the curious story in Fb. ii. 331–336 (called Völsa-þáttr).

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  • 75 ÞJARFR

    a.
    1) unleavened, of bread;
    2) fresh, of water;
    3) insipid, flat.
    * * *
    þjarf, þjarft, adj. [A. S. þeorf; old Fr. derve; Germ. derb]:—unleavened, of bread; þjarft brauð ok akr-súrur, Hom. 82; súrt brauð en eigi þjarft, 83.
    2. fresh, of water, opp. to salt; bauð hann þjörfum vötnum fram at fljóta, Sks. 628 B.
    3. metaph. insipid, flat, vile (cp. Dan. flau), of a person; kalla mann þjarfan, Edda i. 530; so also þirfingr. The change in the mod. Germ. derb = rude, harsh, is curious; in O. H. G. and in mid. H. G. the word, according to Grimm, Dict. s. v., was only used in its proper sense = azymos, as also in A. S.

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  • 76 þreskjöldr

    m. [this word is derived from þreskja and völlr, and prop. means a threshing-floor, because in ancient times the floor at the entrance was used for threshing, but it then came to mean the block of wood or stone beneath the door, doorsill or threshold; and that in ancient times it was so, is borne out by phrases as, Gríma sat á þreskeldi, Fbr.; or, stíga yfir þresköldinn, Eb. l. c.; or, þresköldrinn var hár fyrir durunum, O. H. L. 85; see the references. The latter part of the compd, -öldr, is from a time when the older ld had not as yet become assimilated into ll. The word is declined like völlr; nom. þreskjöldr, or, dropping the j, þresköldr: acc. þreskjöld or þresköld, Bs. i. 44, Fms. v. 140, Fbr. 14, Korm. 10, Eb. 220, Fs. 68, Edda ii. 122, Hkr. iii. 116, N. G. L. i. 18, 431: dat. þreskeldi, Fms. ii. 149, Fbr. 98 new Ed., N. G. L. i. 18, 431; in rhymes eldhúss þresk eldi, Kormak: nom. plur. þreskeldir, Bs. i. 736; acc. þresköldu, Stj. 436 (spelt þrescavlldo): examples are wanting of gen. sing. and plur.
    2. but as the etymology was forgotten, the forms soon got confused, e. g. the curious various readings to N. G. L. ii. 110, þreskilldi, þreskjalda, þreskalda, þreskalla, þreskaldi, þreskolli, þreskæli, all dat.: acc. sing. changing ö into e, þreskelld, Stj. 436 (Cod. A): dat. changing e into i, þreskildi (as if from skjöldr), H. E. i. 496, N. G. L. ii. l. c. The form þrepskjöldr, found in mod. Icel. books, is a bad attempt at an etymology, as if it were derived from þrep and skjöldr. The form tréskjöldrinn, O. H. L. 85. l. 21, is prob. merely a scribe’s error,
    3. at last came the mod. form þröskuldr, declined as a regular substantive (like Höskulldr), Sturl. iii. 33; [A. S. þerscwold or þerscold; Engl. threshold; Dan. tærskel; O. H. G. dirscuwili.]
    B. A threshold, passim, see above.
    2. metaph. an isthmus or ridge flooded at high water, between the mainland and an island; þeir réru inn til Arneyjar-sunds …; var þar svá, til farit at þröskuldr lá á sundinu, en djúpt at tvá vega, var þar riðit at fjörum, en eigi flóðum, Sturl. iii. 33 (the ridges leading to the island Langey, in Skarðströnd in western Icel., are still locally called ‘Þröskuldar’).
    II. metaph. as a gramm. term, a figure of speech, when one word ends and the next begins with the same consonant; þenna löst köllu vér þresklld, Skálda (Edda ii. 122; þræsklld, 412, l. c.)

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  • 77 ÞÆFA

    i. e. þœfa, ð, [þóf, hence the mod. Dan. töve], to beat, stamp cloth; þau klæði vóru þæfð með sand ok tjöru, Fas. i. 346; and in mod. usage, þæfa sokka, vetlinga, peisu; þæfa í tunnu, to stamp in a tub, a curious custom still used in Icel. of two men lying on their backs and treading a tub open at both ends, so as to pack the cloth tightly.
    2. metaph. to do a thing in a slow or tedious manner; þæfði hón þá ofan til árinnar, she went lumbering down to the river, Grett. 140; nú bíðu vér búnir, ok þarf eigi at þæfa oss lengr í þessu, to keep us longer waiting, Sturl. i. 134; eigi mun ek þik lengi þæfa um liðs-beina, Lv. 105; förum heim, þæfum ekki Skíða, ok rannsökum bæinn, let us not belabour S. any longer, Sd. 168.
    II. reflex., skulum vér þæfask svá við, struggle and delay (cp. Dan. töve), Vápn. 16; ekki mun ek lengi þæfask til hvílunnar við þik, Gísl. 16.

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  • 78 æ

    I)
    interj. ah! o! oh! (denoting pain).
    adv.
    1) aye, ever, always (við vín eitt Óðinn æ lifir); æ ok æ, for ever and ever; æ jafnan, forever and aye;
    2) with compar.; gljúfrin vóru æ því breiðari er ofarr dró, the ravine became ever the broader the higher one went up; æ sem fyrst, the soonest possible;
    3) never (æ menn hann sjálfan um sjá).
    * * *
    interj. dolentis; the oldest form was ai (aï), q. v.; [Germ. au, au au; but also ai, so used by Goethe, ich sterbe ai! exactly as in old Icel., cp. Grimm’s Dict. i. 199; cp. Gr. αἴ αἴ]:—ah! hann braut rif sín ok lesti öxlina, ok kvað við, ai ai! crying ah ah! Þorf. Karl. 390, v. l.; göróttr er drykkr inn, ai! Sæm. 118 (certainly so, see p. 41, col. 1 at the bottom); æ þat er veinon, Skálda 171: there is a curious play on the words á, sounded ā ( ovem) and aï,—‘hrútr’ segir hann—þó mun eigi of skipat til ánna (the ewes, gen. pl.) þeirra er þer nefndut í gær, jarls-menn, þá er þér fenguð áverka, Fms. xi. 149: at the present day the sound made by Icel. crying out from pain is written æ, sounded aï; whereas the Dan. is aü, as in Germ.

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  • 79 öl-rún

    f. a myth, word, cp. Germ. alruna, i. e. mandragora or mandrake, for which see Grimm’s Mythol.
    II. a pr. name of the swan maiden in Vkv., where, however, the name may be Gaelic, from eala = a swan (Mr. Baring Gould’s Curious Myths, 2nd Series, No. ix).

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  • 80 forvitna

    (að), v. to pry into, enquire about (forvitna e-t or um e-t);
    refl., forvitnast e-t, um e-t, til e-s, to enquire about; impers., e-n forvitnar e-t, one is curious to know.

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