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1 metnaîur
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2 metnaîur, takmark
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3 á-girni
f.; used as neut., Mar. 91, O. H. L. 22:α. = agirnd, ambition; mikit á., great ambition, O. H. L. 1. c., Sks. 343.β. cupidity; a. manna lofs, Hom. 83; á. áts ok drykkju, 53; fjur, 25, 623. 20; á. fjár ok metnadar, Edda (pref.) 144, 145. -
4 metnaðr
(gen. -ar), m.1) esteem, value (þann metnað hefi ek á ráðagerðum mínum, at);2) honour, repute (hann var þar í miklum metnaði);3) pride, ambition (m. honum þróast, en mannvit aldregi).* * *or metnuðr, m., gen. ar, ‘meetness,’ honour, fame; fjár ok metnaðar, wealth and honour. Eg. 17; konungar görðu svá mikinn metnad hans ( paid him that honour) at af hans bæn sættusk þeir, Fms. i. 13; var hann þar í miklum metnaði einn vetr, x. 220; Davíð fékk tíðleik ok metnuð af verkum sínum, Ver. 6; metnaðar virðing, respect of persons, Hom. 19; metnaðar kona, a lady of rank, Str. 53; með ríkdóm ok metnaði, Fs. 21: esteem, valuing, þann metnuð hefi ek á ráðagörðum mínum, at ek vil at þat sé haft er ek legg til, Fms. x. 249.II. pride, ambition, Fbr. 137, Edda 144 (pref.), MS. 656 C. 12; virði hann sem Þorgilsi gengi til stærð ok m., Sturl. iii. 130; metnaðr honum þróask en mannvit aldregi, Hm. 78, passim, and so in mod. usage, where it is never used in a good sense: as also of jealousy, það er m. á milli þeirra, of-metnaðr, haughtiness.COMPDS: metnaðar-fullr, -gjarn, adj. proud, ambitions, Hkr. ii. 234, Eg. 20, Fms. v. 71. metnaðar-leysi, n. modesty, Sturl. i. 125. v. l. metnaðar-maðr, m. an ambitions, proud man, Nj. 61. metnaðar-samr, -samligr, adj. proud, haughty, Finnb. 354, Sks. 509, Stj. 204. -
5 á-girnd
f. in old writers always for greed of power or passion generally:α. ambition, Sks. 113 B, Fms. ix. 460; á. ok ofsi, greed and insolence, viii. 195, Stj. 143, 145, 146.β. passion; ágirndar-logi, Rb. 424; á. blindleiki, bli n d passion (in love), H. E. i. 505, 655 xxx; thirst for revenge, Sks. 739.γ. since the Reformation it has been exclusively used of avarice or greed of gain; in old writers the signification is more general; we, however, find á. fjár, Hom. 68; hann hafði dregit undir sik Finnskattinn með á., Fms. vii. 129. -
6 dróttnan
f. sway, rule (dróttnan alls heims).* * *or drottnan, f. sway, rule, 625. 5, Stj. 20, H. E. i. 502; drottnunar-gjarn, adj. ambitious; drottnunar-girni, f. ambition. -
7 girni
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8 GRÁÐR
a. entire, not castrated.* * *m. [Ulf. grêdus = λιμός; Engl. greed], prop. hunger, freq. in Lex. Poët.; úlfa gráðr = úlfa sultr: greed, gluttony, Bs. ii. 137, Róm. 184, Sks. 113 B (gráði); hel-gráðr, voracity presaging death; ok er nú kominn á þik helgráðr er þú hyggsk öll ríki munu undir þik leggja (of insatiable ambition as presaging downfall), Fas. i. 372; cp. hel-fíkr, id., 385; (these passages are paraphrases from old lost poems.) -
9 mann-metnaðr
m. ambition, Edda 145 (pref.), Hom. (St.) 50. -
10 metorða-girnd
f. ambition. -
11 ráð-girni
f. ambition, Fms. iv. 103, Sks. 357. -
12 sæmdar-fýst
f. ambition, Ó. T. 71. -
13 veg-girni
f. ambition, vanity, Hom. 17, 26, Al. 145. -
14 yfir-girnd
f. ambition, Fms. iii. 45, Sks. 453. -
15 ágirnd
* * *f.1) ardent desire, ambition;2) cupidity, avarice (hann hafði dregit undir sik Finnskattinn með ágirnd). -
16 ágirndarbál
n. flame of ambition or cupidity. -
17 ágirndareldr
m. flame of ambition or cupidity. -
18 ágirndarlogi
m. flame of ambition or cupidity. -
19 ágirni
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20 mannmetnaðr
m. honour, esteem (among men); löngun til mannmetnaðar, ambition.
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