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1 KÚGA
(að), v. to cow, force, tyrannize over (ek man ekki kúga hann til nökkurra hluta); kúga e-t af e-m, to press out of one; láta kúgast, to let oneself be cowed into submission.* * *að, [Engl. cow, which is prob. borrowed from the Norse word]:—to cow, force, tyrannise over, Nj. 185; ek man ekki kúga hann til nökkurra hluta, Fms. ii. 260; at sá manndjöfull kúgi oss, Fs. 36; kúga e-t af e-m, to press out of one, Ld. 146, Bs. i. 490, Band. 4; láta kúgask, to let oneself be cowed into submission, Fms. ii. 46, Hkr. i. 279: part. kúgandi, k. högg, feeble blows, Sks. 382. -
2 lim-hlaupa
adj., prop. of a horse = bógsiga, wrung in the withers: metaph. cowed, prostrate, þér látið mikilliga, en þegar ríkra manna orð koma til yðar, þá eru þér þegar limhlaupa, Sturl. i. 14; þeir Hörgdælir vóru orðnir svá limhlaupa fyrir Guðmundi, at …, 163. -
3 limhlaupa
a. indecl. cowed, prostrate. -
4 limhlaupinn
a. indecl. cowed, prostrate.
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