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121 sætta
(-tta, -ttr), v. to reconcile (s. e-n við e-n);* * *t, [sátt], to reconcile, make peace among; s. mennina, sætta þá, Nj. 149, Landn. 105, Fms. i. 36, 48, vi. 337, x. 266, passim; sætta e-n við e-n, to reconcile to another, Eg. 226.II. reflex., sættask við e-n, Fms. vi. 286; láta sem þú vildir sættask, Háv. 57; at sækja eðr sættask, either to prosecute or to come to terms, Grág. i. 226; hann hafði sætzk á vígit, Nj. 57; svá at þú sættisk á þat, Ld. 50.2. recipr. to come to terms, agree; þeir sættusk, Fms. i. 13, 57; sættask á mál, Nj. 22; þeir höfðu sætzk í konungs dóm, á öll mál sín, Fms. x. 8; er þeir sjálfir mundu á sættask, Sturl. iii. 246. -
122 til-tekja
u, f., lit. what a man takes to do (esp. in a low sense), an expedient, contrivance, Fms. iii. 85, vi. 189, xi. 15, Fs. 18, 64, Nj. 54; þá grunaði mjök um tiltekjur jarls, about the earl’s designs, Orkn. 440; at hvárri-tveggju tiltekju þessi, in either case, Grág. ii. 228. -
123 TÍMI
* * *m.1) time; eptir tíma liðinn, after a little time; í þann tíma, at that time; fyrstan tíma, er ek var hér, the first time that I was here;2) time, fit time (þeim þótti t. til at ganga á fund konungs); á hœfiligum tíma, in due time; í tíma, betimes;3) good luck, prosperity (gangi þér allt til tírs ok tíma).* * *a, m. [A. S. tîma; Engl. time; Dan. time; it is strange that Ulf. uses no word analogous either to ‘tíð’ or ‘tími’]:—time; langr tími, Fms. vi. 92; eptir tíma liðinn, after a little time, Bs. i. 857; eigi langan tíma upp frá þessu, Fs. 61; í þann tíma, at that time, Eg. 15, Stj. 50; í þenna tíma, at the time, then, Fms. x. 27, Sd. 138; einn tíma, once, a time, H. E. i. 516; tvá tíma, twice, Fms. xi. 159; um tíma, for a time, Mar.; hann sat þar um tíma, Ann. 1363; í annan tíma, the second time, again, Stj. 50, Fb. i. 145, 211; þriðja tíma, the third time, D. N. i. 263; fyrstan tíma er ek var hér, the first time that I was here, Fb. i. 512: gramm., Skálda 159, 175; a time, season, allir ársins tímar, Stj. 148.2. time, fit time (= Gr. καιρός); er þeim þótti tími til at ganga á fund konungs, Eg. 28; þeir héldu vörð á nær tími mundi vera at hitta konung, 421; eigi hittu þér nú í tíma til, Fms. vii. 197; ú-tími, the wrong time; í ótíma, too late; ákveðinn tími, a fixed time, Grett. 161; á hæfiligum tíma, in due time, Fms. vi. 133; í tíma, betimes, Karl. 12; hón fór at mólka kýr eptir tíma, Grett. 80 new Ed.II. metaph. a good time, prosperity; en sá tími fylgði ferð þeirra, at …, Edda 152 (pref.); gefi Guð ykkr góðan tíma, Stj. 426; hann skyldi þar vel kominn ok með tíma á þenna enn nýja bólstað, Ld. 98; halda tíma sínum öllum, Al. 59; gangi þér allt til tírs ok tíma, Fb. i. 566; en upp frá þessu gékk Eyjólfi hvárki (til) tírs né tíma, E. had henceforth bad times, Bs. i. 286; meðan ríki stóð með beztum tíma ok siðum, Sks. 526; með betra tíma, with better times, Al. 100.COMPDS: tímadagr, tímahald, tímaland, tímalauss, tímaleysi, tímaliga, tímaligr, tímasamliga, tímaskipti. -
124 tvennr
a. consisting of two different things or kinds, twofold (tvenn frásögn); í tvennu lagi, in two parts; tvennir, two (á skóginum voru tvennar leiðir); nú ferr tvennum sögunum fram, two tales now run parallel; tvennir skór, two pair of shoes; neut. tvennt, two things (sides, parts); hefir mér tvennt um sýnzt, there has seemed to be two sides to the matter.* * *and tvinnr, adj. (tviðr, Hom. 74), [Ulf. twaihnai], a distrib., two and two, twin, in pairs; tviðr skriptar-gangr, Hom. 74; tvennr burðr, twins, Stj.; til tveðra gjalda, Grág. ii. 188; guldu opt tvennar landskyldir, Ó. H. 27; heimta tvennar fulgur, Grág. i. 258, 447; eigi má tvær sakir af því göra þótt tvennum sé lýst, ii. 15; á skóginum vóru tvennar leiðir, Eg. 576; tvenna tólf-mánuðr, Grág. ii. 227; vóru tvennar hallir, aðrar yfir öðrum, Fms. vi. 147; bjóða tvenn verð, Ld. 146; gjalda konungi tvenn (gjöld) slík, Jb. 208; tvinnir flokkar engla, Sks. 142 new Ed.; skjóta tvennum örum, Clem. 37; í tvennu lagi, Hom. 74; ok er tvenn frásögn um, Sturl. i. 107; tvennar (ii Cod.) frásagnir, Bs. i. l. c.; nú ferr tvennum sögunum fram, two tales running parallel, Ó. H. 100.2. two different things; lengi hefir mér þat í hug verit, ok hefir mér þó tvennt um sýnt, Nj. 3; þó segja menn nokkut tvennt til, Eg. 63: tvennu mun skipta, there are two chances, either … or, Fas. ii. 515; hefir Guð fram í tvennu verk sitt, annat tveggja, eða …, 677. 6.3. two pairs; tvennir skór, two pairs of shoes, Skíða R. 193; tvenn pör skæða, id., 32; tvennir sokkar, tvennir vetlingar ( gloves); tvennar buxur; skaltú Nói taka tvinn karlkyns ok kvennkyns, Stj. -
125 URÐR
I)(gen. -ar), f. weird, fate.m. bane, curse (urðr öðlinga).* * *f., qs. vurðr; gen. urðar; acc. dat. would be urði, but does not occur unless it be Vsp. 20, where urð must stand either for urði, dropping the vowel, for the next word begins with h; or it is nom. = urðr, according to the A. S. and general rule (cp. Rm. 36), that verbs signifying to call, name, are followed by a nom.: plur. urðir: [A. S. wyrd; Engl. weird; Hel. wurth]:—a weird, fate; the word is obsolete in prose; en sjá urðr sjallgætust (-gætastr, Cod. wrongly) með Svíum þótti, that weird, extraordinary accident, viz. that he slew himself, Ýt.; gengu þess á milli grimmar urðir, ‘grim weirds.’ a cruel fate prevented it, Skv. 3. 5; urðr öðlinga þú hefir æ verit, the evil Norn, evil angel of kings, Gkv. 1. 23.II. esp. as the name of one of the three Norns, Vsp. 19.COMPDS: Urðarbrunnr, urðarfár, urðarlokur, urðarmagn, urðarmáni, urðarorð. -
126 vafr-logi
a, m. a ‘waver-lowe,’ flickering flame, a mythical word; an enchanted princess or an enchanted land is surrounded by a ‘waver-lowe,’ Edda (of Brynhild), Skm. 8 (of Skirnir and the giantess Gerda), Fsm. 32 (of Menglöd). In mod. Icel. legends, a kind of ignis fatuus, said to flicker over hidden treasures, is called either málmlogi or vafrlogi, Maurer’s Volks., Ísl. Þjóðs. -
127 vakka
* * *1.að, = vafka, to stray, hover about; láta vakka við skipin, Fms. viii. 289, Fas. ii. 88.2.u, f., prob. an error either from veski or kakki, qq. v. (vatn-kakki); hunang í tunnum eðr vökkum, N. G. L. ii. 254. -
128 varar-feldr
m. [in this and the following compds varar may be derived either from vara or better from vör (q. v.), denoting goods as they were sold in harbour]:—cloaks marketable in the trade, Grág. i. 500; hafskip kom af Íslandi, þat var hlaðit af vararfeldum, Hkr. i. 176, Nj. 7, Korm. 158.
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