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1 LÍN
n.1) flax (drósir suðrœnar dýrt l. spunnu);2) linen, linen garment; ganga und líni, to be wedded.* * *n. [Ulf. lein = σινδών; Germ. lein; Engl. linen; Lat. līnum; Gr. λίνον]:—flax; spinna lín, Fas. iii. 594; drósir suðrænar dýrt lín spunnu, Vkv. 1; lín ok bygg, Stj.; smjör ok lín, eir, gull eða silfr, K. Á. 204; af sáði öllu, rúg ok hveiti, hampi ok líni, N. G. L. ii. 355; lín órengt (of a tax in Norway payable in that kind), O. H. L. 60; dóttir á lín allt ok garn, ok reifi ullar, N. G. L. i. 211.II. [Lat. linteum], linen, linen gear, esp. the head-gear worn by ladies on the bridal day, höfuð-lín (q. v.); brúðar-lín, Þkv. 12, 15, 17, 19; hence, ganga und líni, to wed, be wedded, Rm. 37, where the earl’s bride wore a lín, the carle’s bride a ripti (of less costly stuff), whereas the thrall’s bride was not wedded at all; Guðrún (the bride) sat innar á þverpalli, ok þar konur hjá henni (the bride-maids) ok höfðu lín á höfði, Ld. 296; ok léttliga líni verit, to cohabit, Gkv. 3. 2.B. COMPDS: línakr, Línakradalr, línbeðr, línbrækr, línbundin, líndregill, líndúkr, líneik, línerla, línfé, línfræ, língarn, línhúfa, línhvítr, línklútr, línklæði, línklæðalérept, línkyrtill, línlak, línligr, línlindi, línrefill, línsekkr, línseyma, línskauti, línsloppr, línsokkr, líntjald, línvefr. -
2 BLÓRAR
a, m. [cp. Dan. blår, the refuse of flax, and the phrase, at kaste een blår í öjnene, to throw dust in one’s eyes] in Icel. only used in the metaph. phrase, at göra e-t í blóra við e-n, to commit an offence behind another person so that suspicion falls upon him: and blóra-maðr, m., en ef svá verðr sem mér er grunr á at, dóttir þín sé með barni, þá eru þar fáir blóramenn, ok vil ek ganga við faðerni. Fas. iii. 344. -
3 hör-hnoða
n. a clew of flax, Fms. vi. 296. -
4 HÖRR
m.1) starvation; detta, niðr í hor, to starve to death;* * *m., old dat. hörvi, mod. hör, pl. hörvar, Höfuðl. 12:—flax, but also = linen, Lat. linum, Sks. 287, Rm. 28; dúkr hvítr af hörvi, a white linen table cloth, id.; hörfi glæst, clad in linen, of a woman, Kormak; from the wearing of linen a lady is in the poets called hör-bil, -brekka, -fit, -gefn, -gerðr, -nauma, -skorða, -veig, -þella, Lex. Poët.2. a cord of hemp, as a bowstring or the like, Höfuðl. 12; boga fylgði hörr, toginn hörr, Edda (in a verse); hörfa sleipnir, the hemp horse = the gallows, Ýt. 12. hör-dúkr, m. a linen cloth, Hallfred. -
5 lín
n.1) flax (drósir suðrœnar dýrt l. spunnu);2) linen, linen garment; ganga und líni, to be wedded.* * *f., in poët. circumlocutions, bauga-lín, auðar-lín, arm-lín (see Lex. Poët.), = hlín, q. v. -
6 lína
* * *(að), v.1) to soften, mitigate;2) to soothe, alleviate (linit harmi mínum); impers., e-u linar, it abates (við átak hans linat þegar sóttinni);3) l. til, to give way;4) refl., linast, to be softened, give way (þá linuðust hugir þeirra).* * *u, f. a line, and as a naut. term, the bowline, Edda (Gl.), cp. bóglína: a rope, hann tók glófana, beltið ok knífinn ok línu mjófa, … eptir þat fór hann í festina ok lét línuna draga sik af berginu undir fossinn, Gullþ. 8. Norsemen mostly used ropes of walrus skin (svörðr), but ropes of flax are also mentioned; meðan strengr ok lína brestr eigi, Orkn. (in a verse).2. mathem. a line, Rb. 472, 474; Miðjarðar-lína and Lína = the Line, Equator, mod.: a line in a book or writing (mod.), skrifa línu-skakkt, to write the lines unevenly.II. lín, a head-dress; Hlín línu, poët. a lady, Kormak; línu jörð, the earth of the lín = the head, Fms. v. 200 (in a verse); laut und línu, lysti at kyssa, Þkv. 27.COMPDS: línuakkeri, línustrengr. -
7 lín-akr
m. a flax field. -
8 Línakra-dalr
m. a local name in Iceland from the growth of flax, Landn. 169, Band. (Cod. Reg.) fine. -
9 lín-fræ
n. flax-seed, Pr. 474. -
10 TOG
* * *n. rope, line, cord; hafa (leiða) hest í togi, to have a led-horse.* * *n. a ‘tow,’ rope, line; flota ok tog í bæði lönd, Gþl. 410; hafi sá varp er fyrr renndi togum sínum, of an angler’s line, 426; akkeri með digru togi, Gsp.2. a cord by which another is led; hafa hest í togi, to have a horse in tow, a led-horse, Grág. i. 441, Fbr. 77; þinn hestr skal mér nú í togi vera, MS. 4. 16; hann hélt höndunum um togit (leading a calf), Fms. vi. 368: the phrase, svá eru lög sem hafa tog, law is just as it is stretched, i. e. might goes for right.II. goat’s hair, or in Icel. the long coarse flax-like hair in the wool of mountain-sheep; the English wool merchants call it ‘kemp,’ see Þjóðólfr, 12th of June, 1872, p. 120. -
11 hörhnoða
n. clew of flax. -
12 línfræ
n. flax-seed, linseed. -
13 úrendr
pp. undressed (?), of flax and linen. -
14 úrengðr
pp. undressed (?), of flax and linen.
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