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(-s, -ir), m. awl; skjálfa þótti húsit, sem á als oddi léki, as if it were balanced on the point of an awl.* * *s, m. pl. ir, awl, Edda 71.β. in the phrase, ‘leika á als oddi,’ skjálfa þótti húsit, sem á als oddi léki (MS. allsolla), the house quivered, as if it were balanced on the point of an awl, Fas. i. 89; the Icel. now use the phrase, að leika á als oddi, of the excitement produced by joy, to be merry, in high spirits, full of life and vigour, (cp. the Engl. to be on pins and needles.)
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