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1 fúls-liga
adv. (-ligr, adj.), basely, Stj. 186, Barl. 134. -
2 GRÁR
* * *(grá, grátt), a.2) spiteful, malicious; þó at í brjósti grátt búi, although bearing malice in the heart.* * *adj., contr. acc. grán, dat. grám, etc. [A. S. græg; Engl. gray or grey; O. H. G. graw; Germ. grau; Dan. graa; Swed. grå]:—grey; grám vaðmálum, Fms. i. 118; í grám kyrtli, Ísl. ii. 218; gjalda rauðan belg fyrir grán, Nj. 141; grár fyrir hærum, grey, hoary, Fms. vi. 95, Fas. ii. 557; grár fyrir járnum, mailed in grey steel, of armour, Mag. 98: grá þoka, grey fog: of silver, grátt silfr, grey, false silver, opp. to skírt (true) silver, whence the phrase, elda grátt silfr, to play bad tricks.II. metaph. spiteful, Bjarn. 3; þó at í brjósti grátt búi, although bearing malice in the heart, Str.; cp. grá-lyndr, as also grá-beinn, grá-dýri, of the wolf: neut. grátt, basely, Ísl. ii. 467. -
3 niða
(-dda, -ddr), v.1) to libel, lampoon;2) refl., níðast á e-m, to behave in a dastardly way to a person (at Noregsmenn höfðu níðst á Ólafi konungi); níða á e-u, to act basely in a thing (hvárki skal ek á þessu níða ok á engu öðru því er mér er til trúat); níða á trú sinni, to apostatize.* * *að, = gniða (q. v.), to rub, Grett. 151 A: to murmur, of water. -
4 níða
(-dda, -ddr), v.1) to libel, lampoon;2) refl., níðast á e-m, to behave in a dastardly way to a person (at Noregsmenn höfðu níðst á Ólafi konungi); níða á e-u, to act basely in a thing (hvárki skal ek á þessu níða ok á engu öðru því er mér er til trúat); níða á trú sinni, to apostatize.* * *d, [níð, n.], to lampoon, libel, Nj. 66, Fms. i. 153, vii. 60, Eg. 415: to revile.II. reflex., níðask á e-m, to behave shamefully to a person, thus to slay a defenceless man in his deep or the like; á engum manni níðumk ek, Fms. vii. 314; Noregs-menn höfðu níðsk á Olafi konungi, vi. 7; eigi vil ek níðask á þér, Nj. 60: of a thing, níðask á e-u, to break one’s faith; hvárki skal ek á þessu níðask né á öngu öðru því er mér er trúat til, Nj. 112; er þú níðisk á drykkju við gamalmenni, Fms. vi. 241; níðask á trú sinni, to apostatise, i. 126.
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basely — base·ly … English syllables
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