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1 GILDR
(gild, gilt), a.1) valued at (gildr tveim mörkum);2) of full value; worth, great (gildr konungr, höfðingi);með gildum sóma, with great fame;Hallfreðr var þá sem gildastr, H. was then at his best.* * *adj., neut. gilt, [cp. gildi, gjalda; Swed., Dan., and Norse gild]:—of full worth, full:1. a trade term, of full measure, size, quality, and the like; gillt fé, Grág. i. 503; gildr skal tréskjöldr, ef, Gþl. 105, cp. 104; bolöxar gildar, N. G. L. i. 126; þeim manni er bæði hefir gildar ( full-measured) álnar ok faðma, Grág. ii. 262; gild dagleið, Bs. ii.2. valued at, with dat., gildr tveim mörkum, Grág. ii. 86; g. átta aurum, id.; svá gildr, id.; hversu þau sár eru gild, at how much those wounds are rated, N. G. L. i. 172; tví-gildr, hálf-g., al-g., of double, half, full worth.II. metaph. complete, absolute, great; g. konungr, Fms. ix. 69; g. höfðingi, xi. 18; gild húsfreyja, Glúm. 349; gildr maðr, Eg. 182; flestir enir gildari menn ( honoratiores), Ld. 106; Hallfreyðr var þá sem gildastr, H. was then at his best, Fs. 100; á gildasta aldri, id., Stj. 230: so of things, honum var þat gildr þykkr, a great shock, Ísl. ii. 321; með gildum sóma, with great fame, Fms. xi. 18; gild hefnd, Ísl. ii. 116; gild ferð, a famous journey, Fas. ii. 513.III. in mod. usage, stout, brawny, cp. Grett. 148; Icel. now say gildr of a man, digr of things; but in compds, mittis-digr, not mittis-gildr; to use digr and digrask (q. v.) for gildr and gildna is now thought rude; but in olden times only digr was used in that sense, e. g. Ólafr Digri, Þorbjörg Digra (a lady); the passage referred to, Grett. 148, comes near the mod. sense of that word, but is not to be so understood. -
2 hand-stinnr
adj. with brawny hand; róa handstinnan, to pull briskly, Finnb. 250. -
3 harð-vaxinn
part. hardy of limb, brawny, Fms. vii. 321, viii. 238. -
4 hnellinn
adj. [hnallr], brawny. -
5 handstinnr
a. with brawny hands; róa handstinnan, to pull strongly. -
6 harðvaxinn
pp. strong-built, brawny.
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