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battering-ram

  • 1 BUKKR

    m.
    1) buck, he goat;
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    m. [A. S. bucca; Engl. buck; Germ. bock; Swed.-Dan. bukk; cp. bokki]:—a he-goat, rare; hafr is the common word, Stj. 177, Ó. H. 15:—Lat. aries, a battering ram, Al. 89.
    COMPDS: bukkablóð, bukkaskinn, bukkavara.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > BUKKR

  • 2 VEÐR

    I)
    n.
    1) weather (gott, illt);
    2) wind (tók at lægja veðrit); sigla (stýra) í v. e-m, to get to the wind-ward of one, take the wind out of his sail;
    3) quarter, tack; veifði hann rœði annars veðrs til, he steered round with his oar on the other tack;
    4) the lower air (þetta smiði var svá mikit vorðit, at þat tók upp ór veðrum); v. rauf upp, the air cleared up;
    5) wind, scent; bersi hafði v. af manninum, the bear had wind of the man, scented him; komast við veðri, to be scented, rumoured; láta koma v. á e-n um e-t, to let one get scent of, throw out hints to one about a thing; staðarmenn mæltu mjök á. v., hinted broadly.
    (gen. -rs and -rar, pl. -rar), m.
    1) wether;
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    1.
    n. [A. S. and Old Engl. weder; Engl. weather; Germ. wetter; Dan. væder, sounded vǣr-et]:—the weather; kalt, vindlítið veðr, gott veðr, kyrt veðr, Fbr. 256; spurði hvat veðrs væri, id.; í hverju veðri, K. Þ. K.; veðr ræðr akri, Hm., Fms. ix. 353: the air, ná upp ór veðrum, out of the upper air, Edda (pref.); eldr, veðr, jörð, 625. 178,
    2. a wind; stormr veðrs, Fms. i. 101; bera klæði í veðr, Eb. 264: wind, a gale, hvasst veðr, a gale, Eg. 196; tók at lægja veðrit, Nj. 124; veðrit óx, 267; reka fyrir veðri ok straumi, Grág. ii. 384; sær eða vötn eða veðr, 275; stór veðr, great gales, Eg. 160; at veðr tvau verði senn í lopti, Fas. ii. 515, passim.
    3. naut. phrases; stýra á veðr e-m, Fms. ii. 305; beita undir veðr, Fb. i. 540; reru í kring um Bagla ok á veðr þeim, Fms. viii. 335; á veðr eldinum, 283; sigla á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, to take the wind out of his sail, Band. 39 new Ed.; veifa ræði veðrs annars til, Hým. 25; láta í veðri vaka, to ‘see which way the wind blows’(?), metaph. to make believe, pretend, see vaka.
    4. phrases; hafa veðr af e-u, to get the wind of one, scent him, metaphor from hunting; bersi hafði veðr af manninum, the bear had wind of him, Grett. 101 A; ek hafða veðrit af þeim sem kallaði, Fas. i. 14; komask við veðri, to be scented, rumoured abroad, Fms. vii. 165, Ísl. ii. 482, Rd. 252; Hjalti lét koma veðr á þau ( threw out hints to them) um ræður þær er haun hafði upp-hafit, Ó. H. 59; staðar-menn mæltu mjök á veðr um, hinted broadly, Orkn. 342.
    B. COMPDS: veðrabati, veðrabálkr, veðrabrigði, veðrbelgr, veðrblaka, veðrborð, veðrdagr, veðreygr, veðrfall, veðrfastr, veðrfölnir, veðrglöggr, veðrgnýr, veðrgóðr, veðrharðr, veðrhimin, veðrahjálmr, veðrahöll, veðrkænn, veðrlítill, veðrsjúkr, veðrspár, veðrstaða, veðrsæll, veðrtekinn, veðrvandr, veðrviti.
    2.
    m., gen. veðrar, but veðrs, Stj. 133; [A. S. weder; Engl. wether; Germ. widder; Dan.-Swed. væder, väder]:—a wether; the word is obsolete in Icel. except in poetry (cp. hrútr), Edda (Gl.); þeir glöddusk sem veðrar, Stj. 177; ins hornótta veðrs, 133; veðr, N. G. L. i. 212; veðra-fjörðr, or corrupt, Viðris-fjörðr, in a pun = Hrúta-fjörðr, Grett. (in a verse).
    2. a battering-ram. Sks. 411.
    II. as a nickname, Landn.
    COMPDS: veðrarhorn, veðrarlamb.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > VEÐR

  • 3 graf-svín

    m. a battering swine = a battering ram, Sks. 412.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > graf-svín

  • 4 Járn-barði

    a, m. ‘Iron-boarder,’ name of a battering ram, Ó. T.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > Járn-barði

  • 5 VÉL

    * * *
    adv.
    1) well (taka v. við e-m); v. í vexti, well-grown, well-shapen; vera v. til e-s, to be kind to one; mér gefr vel at skilja, I understand quite well;
    2) easily (þat mætti v. verða þinn bani);
    3) fully, amply, largely (v. vegnar fimm merkr); faðir hennar hafði v. fé, plenty of money; intensive, with a.; v. flestir, the most part; v. mikill, rather great; v. tuttugu menn, twenty and upwards; hundrað manna eða v. svá, a hundred or fully that.
    * * *
    1.
    and véli, n. [Gr. οὐρά; Lat. ad-ūl-ari, Bugge], the tail of a bird; kom sverðit á vélit, Fas. i. 488, freq. in mod. usage.
    2.
    and væl, f., both forms are used in vellums, but are difficult to distinguish, e and ę (e, æ) being often written alike; él vélum rhyme in a verse of Hallfred:—an artifice, craft, device; við vélar, with artifice, contrivance, Hým. 21; með list eðr vél, Sks. 82; með list ok væl, Edda i. 110; hann hafði vælar til allra hluta, 104; görva vélar til e-s, Hým. 6; hann vissi sér engrar vælar ván, Fms. ii. 202, v. l.; gefa svá sigr sem Óðinn gaf með vjælum (sic) en engu valdi, 154: hverja væl sem Þórir görir honum, i. 189; þeir skyldu freista nokkvorra væla, Edda i. 220.
    2. an engine, machine; göra vél, Vkv. 20; væl til at taka fiska með, an engine to catch fish, i. e. a net, Edda i. 182; þeirri vél er menn kalla veðr. the engine that is called a battering-ram, Sks. 89 new Ed.; til þessar vélar, 88; víg-vél.
    II. a wile, device, trick; draga vél at e-m, Skv. 1. 33, Nj. 17; beita e-n vélum, 40; allar þær vęlar, Og. 18; Kristr görir eigi vél, ok eigi verðr hann véltr er á hann trúir, Blas. 46; hefir hann á hverjum manni vélar lengi haft, Lv. 44; ef maðr feldr sér til vélar við konu eða ferr í kvenklæði, ok varðar þat fjörbaugs-garð, Grág. i. 338.
    2. plur. frauds, tricks; fullr lygi ok væla, 656 C. 14; skaltú neita Djöfli ok öllum hans verkum ok vælum, Fms. i. 300; Djöfulsins vælum, Post. (Uuger) 92.
    COMPDS: vélaboð, vélakaup, vélalauss, vélasókn, vélaverk.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > VÉL

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