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1 fífl-skapr
m. folly, 625. 192; hence the phrase, hafa e-t í fiflskaparmálum, to speak vainly of a thing (viz. sacred things). -
2 glap-máll
adj. speaking vainly of, Ad. 1. -
3 hégóma
(að), v. to speak falsely; hégóma á e-n, to slander one.* * *að, to speak falsely, vainly; Þorbjörn kvað eigi hégómað frá, Th. said it was not untrue, Háv. 45; h. ok ljúga, Stj. 34, 131, 150, Bs. ii. 137; h. á e-n, to slander one, Mag. -
4 hégómliga
adv. vainly.
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