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1 SKAMR
or skammr, skömm, skamt, adj., compar. skemri, superl. skemstr; usually spelt and sounded with mm before a vowel, but m before a consonant, [cp. Engl. scamped, of carpenter’s work when ill-done]:—short; var fótleggrinn skamr, Fms. viii. 447, skammar ‘ro skips rár (see rá, f.), Hm.; láta e-n höfði skemra, to make a head shorter, i. e. behead, Hým.: as a nickname, Atli inn Skammi, the Short, Eg.: not freq. in a local sense, except in the neut. skamt, en er þeir vóru skamt komnir frá, skála, Fb. i. 540; ok er þeir áttu skamt til garðsins, Eb. 60; hón bjó skamt frá Skalla-grími, Eg. 109; þaðan skamt á brott, 130; skamt í frá honum, Fms. x. 420, Fs. 37, Edda 29; um aðra hluti var skamt milii máls konunga (i. e. they did not dissent much), en þó gékk eigi sættin saman, Fms. x. 132: compar., var sú leiðin skemri, Eg. 576; örskot eða skemra, Grág. ii. 264; hann hljóp eigi skemra aptr en fram, Nj. 29; þykki mér þat opt rjúfask er skemra er at frétta enn slíkt, 259: þar er skemst var milli skógarins ok árinnar, Eg. 276.II. temp. brief, short; skamma hríð, a short while, Nj. 6; til skamrar stundar, Hom. 107; skamma stund, Fb. ii. 103, passim; skömm ró, short rest, Am. 78 (Bugge); skamt mun nú mál okkat verða, short conversation, Hbl.; þótti Antenor (dat.) skamt mál í munni verða, that A. spoke now this, now that, Bret. 80; eigi skemra mel en viku-stefnu, Grág. ii. 349: neut., skamt segir þú þá eptir líf-daga várra, Fms. i. 211; eiga skamt eptir, skamt eptir ólifat, Sturl. i. 113, Nj. 85; at skamt skyli okkar í meðal, Nj. 114: þá mun þér skamt til afar-kosta, Ld. 222; hann kvað skamt til þess, that would be presently, Fs. 72.2. adverbially, skömmu, shortly, Hkr. iii. 454; nú var þessi atburðr skammu, Anecd. 78; vildi konungrinn skömmum samfast mæla við hann, short at a time, Ó. H. 71; sat hann skömmum við drykk, Fms. vii. 106; ef þú ert skömmum í sama stað, Al. 4: compar., mundi verða skemrum biskupslaust, ef tveir væri biskuparnir, Bs. i. 159; eigi skemrum en fimm nóttum, not shorter than five nights, N. G. L. i. 42; Gautr er með Þorvaldi eigi skemrum en með Sigurði, Fær. 242: sem skemst, as short a while as possible, Nj. 251: also skemstu, very shortly, only a while ago, þá minning er nú bauð ek þér skemstu, Mar.; fyrir skemstu, recently, Eg. 322, Fms. i. 223; nú fyrir skemstu, Fs. 72.B. COMPDS: skambiti, skambragðs, skamdegi, skamfótr, skamgóðr, skamháls, skamhygginn, skamhöndungr, skamleikr, skamleitr, skamlífi, skamlífr, skamminnigr, skammæli, skamrif, skamrækr, skamskeptr, skamstafa, skamstöfun, skamsýni, skamsýniligr, skamsýnn, skamsætr, skamtalaðr, skamvaxinn, skamvíss, skammæði, skammæligr, skammær. -
2 skammr
a.1) short (var sú leiðin skemmri); láta e-n höfði skemmri, to make one shorter by the head, to behead; neut., skammt, a short way, short distance (hann bjó skammt frá Skallagrími);2) of time, short, brief; skamma hríð, stund, but a short while; eiga skammt úlifat, to have but a short time to live; hann kvað skammt til þess, he said it would be soon; skammt frá þessu, a short while after this;3) adverbially, skömmu, skemmstu, lately, very lately, recently, very recently, = fyrir skömmu, skemmstu; skömmum, not long (sat hann skömmum við drykk); skemmrum, for a shorter time (at landit mundi verða skemmrum biskupslaust, ef tveir væri biskuparnir); sem skemmst, as short a while as possible.
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