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41 þagsi
adj.; the parent-word of the mod. Dan. tavs ( silent) has hitherto not been found in the old Icel. literature; it should be þagsi, but most if not all words of that form were obsolete as early as the 12th and 13th centuries, and have disappeared in mod. Icel., as hugsi, staðsi, heitsi …; we believe it is preserved in the corrupted ‘þegn varð’ in the transcript of the Íb., where we propose to read, svá at allir menn myndi ‘þagsi verða’ (= Dan. blive tavse) meðan hann mælti at lögbergi, so that all men would become silent whilst he spoke on the Law-bill, Íb. 7. In an ancient vellum a , with the upper end of the s faint or blotted out, and an n or would be distinguished with difficulty; and as to an Icel. transcriber þagsi was quite an unknown word, while ‘þegu,’ ‘þagu’ were familiar syllables, he would choose the latter; the vellum itself was lost soon after the copy had been taken in A. D. 1651. In Rb. (Ísl. i. 385) the word has been paraphrased into ‘þegja;’ see the Academy, vol. i, p. 278. -
42 örðug-leiki
a, m. a difficulty. -
43 ör-kostr
m. a resource, way out of a difficulty; hann skal gjalda sex aura … ef hann á örkost til en ekki elligar, Grág. ii. 155; ek hefi slíkan örkost (mat, Bs. i, l. c.) ætlat til Jóla-vistar mönnum sem hér hefir lengi vant verit, Sturl. i. 216: so in the phrase, eiga einskis úrkostar, to have means for nothing, be destitute; ef hann á þess úrkosti, if he has means to do it.II. a ‘want of choice,’ lack; fundu þeir at Ægis örkost hvera, they found no cauldron by Æ., Hým. 1. -
44 andsyptir
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45 erfidismunir
m. pl. exertion, difficulty. -
46 nauðuliga
adv.1) in need; nauðuliga kominn, staddr, in straits;2) with difficulty; komast nauðuliga undan, á brott, fá nauðuliga forðat sér, to have a narrow escape. -
47 órlausn
f.1) answer, reply, solution (engi spyrr þeirra hluta, er eigi kann hann órlausn); órlausn allra spurninga, solution of all questions;2) release from a difficulty, help. -
48 stirðorðr
a. having difficulty of utterance (fámæltr ok stirðorðr). -
49 torveldi
n. and f. difficulty. -
50 úhœgindi
n. pl.1) uneasiness, difficulty;2) pain, ill-health. -
51 vandhœfi
n. difficulty, difficult management. -
52 vandræði
n. difficulty, trouble, perplexity (hann leysti hvers manns vandræði).
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