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61 vand-launaðr
part. difficult to reward as is due, Njarð. 378, Fms. vi. 382 (vann-l.), Nj. 181, v. l. -
62 vand-látr
adj. fastidious, difficult to please, Fms. vi. 386, passim in mod. usage; mostly in a good sense, one who wants things to be well done, ó-vandlátr. -
63 vandligr
adj. difficult, Orkn. (in a verse). -
64 vand-lyndi
n. a difficult temper, Mar. -
65 vand-lyndr
adj. difficult of temper, Fms. x. 420. Sturl. iii. 123. -
66 vand-mæli
n. a difficult question, Ó. H. 85, Fms. i. 32. -
67 vand-rataðr
part. difficult to find, of a road. -
68 vand-sénn
part. difficult to see; þó er vandsén bótin, Fms. ii. 146; verða oss vandsén ráð þeirra, Finnb. 338; þat er mér vandsét, Glúm. 354: er mér þetta vandsét mál, Lv. 75; eru mér nú vandsénir skógarmenn, Grett. 130 A; vandsénir eru margir, dangerous, 142 A; vandsét er við honum, Fms. ii. 254. -
69 vand-skipaðr
part. difficult to man; v. mun þér stafninn, Fms. vi. 243. -
70 vand-stilltr
(vann-st.), part. difficult of temper, Grett. 125 A. -
71 vand-tekit
part. n. difficult to receive; þat er v. við e-m, it is not safe to receive him, Grett. 130 A. -
72 vand-veittr
part. difficult to give, Þjal. -
73 veita
* * *I)(-tta, -ttr), v.1) to grant, give (v. e-m líð, hjálp, huggun, grið, trygðir);2) to help, assist, stand by one (þeir veittu Gizuri hvíta í hverju máli);3) to grant, permit (Þ. beiddist at sjá gripina, ok þat veitti hón henni); v. e-m bœn, to grant one a request;4) v. veizlu, to give a feast; v. brúðkaup e-s, to hold a wedding; v. útferð e-s, to hold a funeral feast; also absol. to give a feast or entertainment (v. stórmannliga, með inni mestu rausn);5) to entertain, treat (konungr veitti sveitungum sínum);6) to sustain, support an indigent person (síra Hafliði veitti þessi góðu konu allt til dauðadags);7) of a performance; v. e-u áhald, to lay hold on; v. atfór, heimferð at e-m, to make an expedition against one; v. e-m atsókn, to allack; v. e-m áverka, to inflict a wound on; v. e-m eptirför, to pursue one;8) e-t veitir e-m þungt, erfitt, it proves hard, difficult for one (Dönum veitti þungt atsóknin); impers., keisaranum veitti þungt, the emperor had the luck against him; e-t veitir erfitt, it is hard work; Geirmundi veitti betr, G. got the better of it, carried the day;9) to happen (þat veitir sjaldan, optliga, stundum);10) recipr., veitast at, to back one another (vit Egill munum nú v. at); þeir veittust at öllum málum, they stood by one another in all suits.(-tta, -ttr), v. to convey, lead (water), with acc. or dat. (v. vatn or vatni); v. ánni ór enum forna farveg, to divert the river from its old course; impers., veitir vatn til sjóvar, the rivers trend towards the sea.f.1) draining;3) = veitiengi.* * *u, f., qs. vreita, dropping the r, [akin to reitr, rít, q. v., the root word; A. S. wrîtan = to trench; this is borne out by the mod. Norwegian forms as stated by Ivar Aasen, veit in Sogn, but vreite in Thelemarken; reite near Mandal]:—a trench, ditch; of vatn-veitur, of water-trenches, aqueducts, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 97; eigi skal hann annarra lönd meiða í veitunni, … of veitu-garða, trench-ditches, Grág. ii. 281; eigi á maðr at göra veitur í landi sínu svá at hann spilli landi eða engi manns þess er fyrir neðan býr, 282. -
74 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. -
75 véla
(-ta, -tr), v.1) defraud, betray (illt er vin v. þanns þér vel trúir); v. frá honum sverðit, to get the sword from him (by tricks); ek vélta hann ór viti, I wiled him out of his wit;2) v. um e-t, to deal with, be busy with; torveldligr um at v., difficult to deal with.* * *and væla, t, to defraud, trick; íllt er vin véla, Am. 90; véla hann í nökkvi, Grág. ii. 22; ok vill hann svá véla hinn, … ok á sá sök er hann vildi véla, i. 362; nú eru vit vælt, Eg. 605; ef goð yður mætti eigi vélt verða, Blas. 46; eigi verðr hann véltr, id.; segir þik vældan af villu þeirri, es þú göfgar Christum, Clem. 147; konur véltar með brögðum ok legorðum, Sks. 77 new Ed.; væla frá honum sverðit, to get the sword from him (by cheating), Fms. v. 111.II. væla um e-t, to deal, manage (cp. tæla); sá hlutr er um at væla, Lv. 15; víg Þorkels ok um hvat væla var, Gísl. 57; er þat grunr at þér eigit þar um konungborinn mann at væla sem Norðbrikt er, Fms. vi. 144; dýr grimm eða torveldlig um at véla, Sks. 20 new Ed.; hefða ek einn saman vélt um mitt ráð, 507 B; eða þurfir þú um þín vanda-mál at væla, Bær. 81; ok vældu þar um margir, 14; skal sá bóndi sem þar býr á næstum eignum væla um lík, K. Á. 66; fékk hón ráð til at véla um hann, Bær. 14; þótt ek véla um mína kosti, Eg. 66, Fms. viii. 339 (v. l.), 440; at hvárir vældi um sína kosti, 339; væla heima um sína kosti, Sks. 266.III. recipr., skyldi þeir vælask um báðir samt, have to deal with one another, Sturl. ii. 143.2. part., vælandi goðanna (of Loki), Edda i. 268. -
76 vend-værr
adj. difficult to appease, Mork. 72. -
77 VETR
(gen. vetrar, pl. vetr), m.1) winter; miðr v., midwinter; í v., this winter; v. verðr mikill, the winter becomes cold, severe; á vetri, í vetri, last winter;2) year (sextán vetra gamall); tíu vetrum síðarr, ten years later.* * *m., gen. vetrar, dat. vetri; pl., nom. and acc. vetr, gen. vetra, dat. vetrum: it was an assimilated form anciently written vettr or vittr, qs. vintr; vitrar or vittrar (gen.), Post. (Unger) 233; vettr is freq., esp. in N. G. L.; double consonants are in vellums difficult to distinguish from single, and so tt may well have been the current form, although the Edd. give the mod. form (vetr): in poets we find, m itt sextigu v ittra, Glúm, (in a verse): vintr occurs in Icel. ballads of the 15th century, see Þryml., Völs. R., Skáld H.R., but here it is merely an imitation of Danish originals, for the word in Icel. always took the assimilated form: [Ulf. wintrus = χειμών and ἔτος; A. S., Engl., and Germ. winter; Dan.-Swed. vinter, for the assimilation of nt into tt did not prevail in the south of Scandinavia, see Gramm. p. xxx, col. 1.]A. A winter; winter, like summer (see sumar), is a calendary period, containing 180 days, or six months of thirty days; the winter begins on the Saturday next before St. Luke’s day (old style), or on St. Luke’s day, if a Saturday. In the Gregorian style, for 1872 and 1873, vetrar-dagr fyrsti, the first winter day = Saturday, the 26th of Oct.; miðr vetr, mid-winter, the 24th of Jan.; síðasti vetrar dagr, the last winter day = Wednesday, the 23rd of April; Laugardagr skal fyrstr vera í vetri, en þaðan skal vera sex mánuðr þrjátigi nátta til sumars, K. Þ. K. 166; vetr kemr laugardaginn er næstr er fyrir Lúkas-messu, en hana sjálfa ef hlaupár ferr eptir, Rb. 490; Drottins-dagr inn fyrsti í vetri skal vera inn þriði frá messu-degi Cosmi ok Damiani, Rb. 434: as a general term, í vetr, this winter, Nj. 4; hafa blót hvern vetr, Ó. H.; Miðr vetr, Mid-winter, see above; miðs vetrar skeið, mid-winter time, Fb. i. 204; miðs vetrar blót, a sacrificial feast at mid-winter, see miðr B; á vetri, or í vetri, see prepp. á and í; mikill vetr, a cold winter, Bs. i. 873; harðr, kaldr, Kominn er kaldr vetr, initial words of a hymn.II. = a year; as in A. S. days were reckoned by nights (see nótt), so years were counted by winters; in Ulfilas (Matt. ix. 20, Luke ii. 42, viii. 42) ἔτος is rendered by wintrus; and so at present in Icel., a person is so many ‘winters’ old; tólf vetra gamall, K. Þ. K. 134; sextán vetra gamall, Grág. i. 197; and ellipt. leaving out gamall, tólf vetra, Fms. i. 8; tíu vetrum síðarr, 61; sex tigi vetra konungr, Eg. 367; sjau vetr ena ársömu, Ver. 17 (of king Pharaoh’s dream); þeirra var vetrar-munr, difference in age of one year, Dropl. 7; for more references, see tigr B.III. mythol., Vetr, a giant, the son of Vindsvalr or Vindlóni, Vþm., Edda i. 82.COMPDS: vetrarblót, vetrarbók, vetrarbraut.2. astron. the milky way, in Icel. called vetrar-braut, undoubtedly from old heathen times, although the word happens not to occur in old writers; Icel. weather-prophets use in the autumn to forecast the course of the winter, by the appearance of the milky-way; this is evidently a very old custom, whence probably the name, for in old times fortune-telling used to take place at the great autumnal feasts and sacrifices, see the references s. v. völva. vetrar-dagr, m. a winter day, N. G. L. i. 348; á vetrardag, in the winter, Fms. viii. 50, Bs. i. 324, v. l.; fyrsti vetrardagr, D. N. vi. 143, Icel. Almanack. vetrar-far, n. the course of winter; sagði hón (the Sibyl) mönnum forlög sín ok vetrar-far ok aðra hluti, Fas. ii. 506; blótuðu þeir þá til friðar ok vetrarfars góðs, Fms. iv. 235. vetrar-höll, f. the winter hall, D. N. ii. 409. vetrar-langt, n. adj. the winter long, Fms. vii. 25. vetrar-megn, n. the depth of winter;þá var vetrarmegn ok treystisk hann eigi á haf at halda, Eb. 6. vetrar-messa, u, f. ‘winter-mass’ = Oct. 14, D. N. vetrar-myki, f. winter-muck, manure, Gþl. 342. vetrar-nauð, f. ‘winter-need,’ a severe winter, Ísl. ii. 155, Lv. 206. vetrar-nótt, f. a winter’s night; þar skaltú sofa í ina fyrstu v., Fms. xi. 4. vetrar-ríki, n. = vetrarnauð, a severe winter, Eb. 290, Fbr. 41, v. l. vetrar-rúgr, m. winter rye, Gþl. 343. vetra-stefna, u, f. a winter term; nú vill hann til vetrar-stefnu jörð selja, fimmtán vetr, N. G. L. i. 92. vetra-tal, n. a number of winters, Rb. 508: years, fyrr rosknir at afli en vetra tali, Fms. i. 30, x. 230, 419. vetrar-tíð, f. winter-tide, Bb. 3. 34. vetrar-tími, a, m. winter-time, Stj. 69, 97, Bs. i. 324. vetrar-tungl, n. the winter moon, the moon when winter sets in, Icel. Almanack (Nov. 1, 1872).B. REAL COMPDS: vetrbeit, vetrbjörg, vetrgamall, vetrgata, vetrgemlingr, vetrgestr, vetrgrið, vetrhagi, vetrhluti, vetrhringr, vetrhús, vetrliði, vetrligr, vetrlægr, vetrmessa, vetrnætr, vetrrúgr, vetrseta, vetrseti, vetrtaka, vetrtökumaðr, vetrvist. -
78 villi-færr
adj. bewildering, difficult to find the way: þeim var villifært til bæjarins, Bjarn. 53. -
79 ÞJÓÐ
(pl. -ir), f. people, nation (allar þjóðir ok tungur); þjóð eru þrír tigir, thirty make a ‘þjóð’; þjóð veit, ef þrir ‘ro, what three know, all the world (soon) knows.* * *f., dat. þjóðu, so always in old writers, mod. þjóð; [Ulf. renders ἔθνος by þjuda; A. S. þeôd; Hel. þiôd; O. H. G. diot]:—a people, a nation; þessar þjóðir er svá heita, Rusci, Polavi, Fms. i. 142; þú spenr allar þjóðir frá blótum, 623. 25; heiðnar þjóðir, heathen people, 625. 170, Post. 293, N. T.; öll Kristileg þjóð, N. G. L. ii. 22; Tyrkir, ok Blökumenn, ok mörg önnur íll þjóð, Fb. ii. 126; með mikinn her ok marga ílla þjóð, 127; með öllum þjóðinn, Stj. 67; vísaðu þeir mörgum þjóðum á réttan veg, Barl. 29; allar þjóðir þjóna yðru valdi, Róm. 117; af öllum þjóðum ok tungum, 119; hinn sjúki svaraði á þá tungu, sem hann hefði með þeirri þjóðu fæddr verit, Pr. 458; allar skepnur … allar þjóðir, 461; þjóð veit ef þrír’ro, a saying, Hm, 6l; þjóð eru þrír tigir, thirty make a þjóð, Edda. 108; allri þjóðu, Ýt.; heldr er honum þægr í hverri þjóðu ( among any people), sá er á hann trúir, Post. (Unger) 290; hann er lofaðr af allri þjóðu Gyðinga, id.; mikla þjóð, a mighty people, Stj. 116; suðr-þjóðir, the southerners, Akv.: Lat. turma is rendered by þjóð, Róm. 269; fira þjóð, a community of men, Lex. Poët.; þyrja þjóð yfir, Skm.: in compds, sal-þjóð, household, Vkv.; sigr-þjóð, Hkv.; al-þjóð, all people, Ad.; ver-þjóð or yr-þjóð, q. v.2. like ‘lög’ and ‘þing,’ þjóð may assume a local sense, thus, Sví-þjóð = Sweden; Goð-þjóð = the Goth. Gut-þjuda, Gg.II. in olden times þjóð- in composition (like A. S. þeod) was intensive = great, powerful, very; but in quite modern times (the last 30–40 years) a whole crop of compds with þjóð- has been formed to express the sense of national; þjóð-réttr, þjóð-frelsi, þjóð-réttindi, þjóð-vili, þjóð-vinr, national rights, freedom, etc.; as also þjóð-ligr, national, popular, liberal; ó-þjóðligr, illiberal, unpopular; but all such phrases sound foreign, and are not vernacular.III. pr. names; Þjóð-arr; Þjóð-ólfr; Þjóð-rekr (= Germ. Diet-rich); Þjóð-hildr, Landn.; Þjóð-marr, Germ. Dit-mar, Sæm.B. Goth. þjuþ, = το ἀγαθόν, occurs only in a compounded form; ó-þjóð, bad people, Vellekla; óþjóða-lýðr, tramps and refuse, Dan. utyske; cp. Goth. unþjuþs = κακόν. In many compds it is difficult to say whether the primitive is þjuda or þjuþ; in words like þjóð-á, -drengr, -góðr, -glaðr, -hagi, -skáld, -skati, -mart, -niðr, -lygi, -vel, we prefer the latter. -
80 þung-ligr
adj. heavy, difficult; eigi lízt mér þetta mál þungligt, Band. 7; þungligir ok harðir hlutir, Fms. x. 265, Gísl. 85.
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