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1 syfja, (svefn)drungi
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2 þungi
m.1) heaviness, weight (Ginnungagap fylltist með þunga og höfugleik íss ok hrims);2) burden, encumbrance (verðr mér heldr at því þungi en gagn);3) load, cargo (Þórir spurði, hvat þunga Ásbjörn hefði á skipinu);4) heaviness, drowsiness (þótt þunga eðr geispa slái á hann).* * *a, m. a load, burden, heaviness; at honum yrði mikill þungi at honum, Ísl. ii. 357; með torveldum ok þunga, Fms. x. 368; er hann dró eigi eptir sér þesskonar þunga, encumbrance, Al. 83; léttu, Dróttinn, þunga þessa frosti, Mar.; lina þvílíkum þunga, Dipl. ii. 14; mikill þ. með snjóvi ok frosti hefir á legit …; svá sem til þunga við yðr, as a burden to you, id.2. a burden, impost, taxation; ok aðrir þungar (imposts, dues) skyldugir kirkjum, H. E. i. 507; verðr mér heldr at því þ. enn gagn, Stj. 528; þó fékk hón öngan létta á sínum þunga ( tbroes), Mar.; Guð virði við hann undir hvílíkum þunga hann á at standa, Bs. i. 821; þér sem erviðið og þunga eruð þjáðir, N. T.3. a load, cargo; kaupa þar þunga, malt, vín ok hveiti, Eg. 79; var þar enn til þunga hveiti ok hunang, 469; þungi var fluttr til bæjar af öðrum löndum, Ó. H. 110; Þórir spurði hvat þunga Asbjörn hefði á skipinu, 115.4. heaviness, drowsiness; þótt þunga eðr geispa slái á hann, Fms. vi. 199, Mar.COMPDS: þungafullr, þungavara. -
3 at-sókn
f. [sækja at], onslaught, attack, Fms. i. 64, Nj. 100, etc.β. a throng of guests or visitors seeking hospitality; föng vóru lítil en a. mikill, Bs. i. 63 (now freq.)γ. in popular superstition, the foreboding of a guest’s arrival; sleep, drowsiness, or the like, caused, as people believe, by the fylgja or ‘fetch’ of the guest, his sure forerunner; the Icelanders speak of a good, agreeable aðsókn, or a bad, disagreeable one; a man may ‘sækja vel eðr ilia að,’ as he is an agreeable guest or not. Only a ‘fey’ man’s fylgja follows after him. Vide Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 354 sqq.COMPD: atsóknarmaðr. -
4 höfgi
m.1) heaviness, weight;2) sleep, nap (rann á hann h.); drowsiness (sló á þá höfga svá miklum, at þeir máttu eigi vöku halda).* * *a, m. heaviness, weight; h. jarðar, Sks. 627; h. krossins, Hom. 103; gefa e-m höfga, to weigh upon one, Anecd. 20.II. metaph. a sleep, nap, Fb. i. 542; léttr h., Th. 77; rann h. á Svein, Fms. xi. 288; svefn-h., ómegins-h. höfga-vara, u, f. heavy wares, Grág. ii. 402. -
5 svefn-höfgi
a, m. heaviness from sleep, drowsiness, Nj. 104, Gísl. 67. -
6 svefnhöfgi
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7 svefnþungi
m. drowsiness, = svefnhöfgi.
См. также в других словарях:
drowsiness — drow si*ness, n. State of being drowsy. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drowsiness — index languor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
drowsiness — drowsy ► ADJECTIVE (drowsier, drowsiest) ▪ sleepy and lethargic. DERIVATIVES drowsily adverb drowsiness noun. ORIGIN probably from an Old English word meaning «be languid or slow»; related to DREARY(Cf. ↑dreary) … English terms dictionary
drowsiness — noun see drowsy … New Collegiate Dictionary
drowsiness — See drowsily. * * * … Universalium
drowsiness — noun State of being drowsy … Wiktionary
drowsiness — A state of impaired awareness associated with a desire or inclination to sleep … Medical dictionary
drowsiness — Synonyms and related words: acedia, apathy, boredom, doziness, dullness, enervation, ennui, fatigue, heaviness, hebetude, inanimation, indifference, jadedness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude,… … Moby Thesaurus
drowsiness — drow·si·ness || draÊŠzɪnɪs n. sleepiness, tiredness … English contemporary dictionary
drowsiness — drows·i·ness … English syllables
drowsiness — noun a very sleepy state (Freq. 1) sleepiness causes many driving accidents • Syn: ↑sleepiness, ↑somnolence • Ant: ↑wakefulness (for: ↑sleepiness) … Useful english dictionary
