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  • 1 auîmÿkja

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  • 2 lágur

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  • 3 lítillátur, hógvær, auîmjúkur

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  • 4 LÆGJA

    (-ða, -ðr), v.
    1) to lower, let down (l. segl);
    2) fig. to humble, bring down (hann drap þá, eða lægði þá á annan veg);
    3) impers., lægir e-t, it is lowered, sinks; þeir sigldu svá, at lönd (acc.) lægði, they sailed so far that the land sank out of sight; þegar er sólina lægði, when the sun sank; of a storm, it abates (þá tók at l. veðrit);
    4) refl., lægjast, to fall, sink abate (vindar lægðust; af hans tilkvámu lægðist harkit).
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    ð, [lágr], to lower, let down; lægja segl, Fms. ii. 305; höfin lægja storma sína, Sks. 221.
    II. metaph. to humble, bring down; at lægja þessa villu, Hkr. i. 102; en drap þá er móti honum vóru, eða lægði ( humbled) þá annan veg, Fms. x. 192; lægja sik, to lower, humble oneself, Hom. 40, 50.
    III. impers. it is lowered, sinks; nú lægir segl (acc.) þeirra, Ó. H. 182; þeir sigldu svá at lönd (acc.) lægði, they sailed so far that the land sank out of sight, Ant. Am. 271; þegar er sólina lægði, when the sun sank, Eb. 172.
    2. of a storm, it abates; þá tók at lægja veðrit (acc.), Nj. 124; en er veðrit tók at mínka ok lægja brim, Eg. 99; til þess er veðr lægði, 129; en þegar um várit er sjó tók at lægja, 160.
    IV. reflex. to get lower; lönd lægjask, to sink under the horizon, Orkn. (in a verse):—to sink, fall, abate, þá lægðusk þeir ok féllu niðr, Fms. x. 324, Sks. 204; af hans tilkvámu lægðisk harkit, Fms. ix. 414.

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  • 5 auð-mýkja

    t and ð, to humble; a. sik, to humble oneself, Bs. i. 854.

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  • 6 BRJÓTA

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    (brýt; braut, brutum; brotinn), v.
    brjóta fót sinn, to break one’s leg;
    brjóta tennr ór höfði manns, to break the teelh out of the head;
    brjóta mann um stein, to break a man on a stone;
    brjóta e-n í hjóli, to break on the wheel;
    2) to break open (brjóta haug, búr);
    3) to destroy, demolish (brjóta hof, skurðgoð, kastala);
    brjóta skip, to break one’s ship, be shipwrecked;
    4) to break, violate, transgress (brjóta heit, lög);
    en þér konungr brutuð lög á Agli, you broke the law in Egil’s case;
    5) to force, compel (brjóta menn til kristni);
    brjóta e-n til hlýðni, to force to submission;
    6) in various fig. phrases;
    brjóta odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point of one’s pride, to humble oneself;
    brjóta straum fyrir e-m, to break the stream before one, to bear the brunt of battle;
    7) with preps.:
    brjóta af brúna, to break off the bridge;
    brjóta af við e-n, to wrong one;
    brjóta á bak, to force or drive back (brjóta fylking á bak);
    to neglect, disregard (brjóta á bak ráð e-s);
    brjóta niðr, to demolish, break down (brjóta niðr hús);
    brjóta niðr blótskap, villu, to put down, abolish;
    brjóta sik niðr við jörðu, to bow down to the earth;
    brjóta saman, to fold (brjóta saman skikkju);
    to unite (brjóta saman et forna lögmál ok nýja);
    brjóta sundr, í sundr, to break asunder (brjóta sundr silfrker);
    to unfold (clothes);
    brjóta (land, þjóð) undir sik, to subdue;
    brjóta upp, to break up (þeir brutu upp þilit);
    to force or break open (brjóta upp hurð, búr, kirkju, bréf);
    to unpack (brjóta upp gersemar sínar);
    brjóta upp vistir, to bring out the victuals (for the mess);
    brjóta upp vápn, to get out the weapons, prepare for battle;
    8) refl., brjótast á e-t, to break in upon;
    Önundr brauzt á hurðina, tried to break in the door;
    brjótast á milli, to break out between;
    brjótast fram, to break forth;
    brjótast í haug, to break into a cairn;
    brjótast í e-u, to exert oneself in a thing;
    þessi maðr brýzt í miklu ofrefli, struggles against great odds;
    brjótast um, to make a hard struggle (björn brauzt um í vök);
    brjótast við ofrefli, to fight against odds;
    brjótast við borgargørðina, to exert oneself in making the burg;
    brjótast við e-u, to struggle against (brjótast við forlögunum, gæfu sinni);
    9) impers. in a passive sense;
    skipit (acc.) braut í spán, the ship was broken to pieces;
    þá braut kirkju (acc.), the church was blown down;
    strauminn braut á öxlinni, the current broke against his shoulder.
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    pret. braut; 2nd pers. brautt is obsolete; commonly brauzt or brauztu, Ó. H. 24 (in a verse), Fms. vi. 139 (in a verse of A. D. 1050); pl. brutu; sup. brotið; pres. brýt: [this word does not occur in Ulf. and is unknown in Germ.; the A. S. has breâtan, breôtan, but rarely and in the sense to destroy, demolish: but the Scandin. dialects all have it; Swed. bryta; Dan. bryde; whereas the Goth. braican, Germ. brechen, Engl. break are unknown to the Scandin. idioms. Du Cange records a Latin-Spanish britare = destruere; it is therefore likely that it came into Spain with the Goths, although Ulfilas does not use it]:—to break; with acc., Nj. 64, Bs. i. 346; þeir brutu báða fótleggi í honum, Hom. 115; sumir brutu ( hurt) hendr sínar, sumir fætr, Bs. i. 10; ef maðr brýtr tennr or höfði manns, Grág. ii. 11; hvárz þat er höggit, eðr brotið, cut or broken, id.; þeir kómu við sker ok brutu stýri, Fms. ix. 307; Þormóðr kvað betra at róa minna ok brjóta ekki, Grett. ch. 50: phrases as, b. á bak, to break the back, Fms. vii. 119; á háls, the neck, Vígl. 21; b. í hjóli (hveli), to break on the wheel, of capital punishment, Fms. xi. 372, Hom. 147; í þeim hring stendr Þórs steinn, er þeir menn vóru brotnir um ( on which the men were broken) er til blóta vóru hafðir, Eb. 26.
    2. denoting to destroy, demolish; b. skurðgoð, Fms. x. 277, Bs. i. 10; þeir höfðu brotið hof en kristnað land, Fms. i. 32; Valgarðr braut krossa fyrir Merði ok öll heilög tákn, Nj. 167.
    β. b. skip, to shipwreck (skip-brot); brutu þar skipit allt í span, Nj. 282, Ld. 8, Landn. 149: absol., hón kom á Vikarsskeið, ok braut þar, 110: nú er á ( a river) brýtr af annars manns landi, Gþl. 419; cp. land-brot.
    3. adding prepp.; niðr, sundr, af, upp, to break down, asunder, off, or the like; sá er niðr braut alla Jerusalem, 673. 51; b. niðr blótskap, Fms. iii. 165, viii. (pref.); brutu þá Baglar af brúna, B. broke the bridge off, x. 331; b. sundr, ix. 482; b. upp, to break up; þeir brutu upp þilit, Eg. 235; þeir brutu upp búr hans (of burglars), 593; b. upp kirkju, Fms. ix. 12; b. upp hlið, to break up a fence, K. Þ. K. 84.
    β. b. upp, to break up a package, unpack; brýtr hann nú upp gersemar sínar, Fær. 6:—as a naut. term, b. upp means to bring out victuals for the mess, Dan. bakke op; jarl ok hans menn b. upp vistir ok setjast til matar, Fms. xi. 147: milit., b. upp vápn means to take arms, prepare for battle (in a sea fight); brjóta upp vápn sín ok berjask, Fær. 85; menn brutu upp um annan öll vápn, Fms. vi. 313 (in a verse).
    γ. b. or b. saman, to fold (clothes or the like); b. sundr, to unfold, Nj. 171: in mod. usage also b. bréf, to fold a letter (hence brot, to denote the size of a book); b. upp bréf, to break a letter open, Barl. 181; b. blað, to fold down a leaf in a book, etc.; b. út, to break ( a channel) through, Landn. 65 (of a river); þá var út brotinn óssinn, Bs. i. 315.
    4. various metaph. phrases; b. bág við, to fight, v. bágr, Fas. i. 43; b. odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point off one’s pride, to humble oneself, Nj. 94 (where to disgrace oneself); b. straum fyrir e-u, to break the stream for one, metaphor from a post or rock in a stream, to bear the brunt of battle, Orkn. 344; b. bekrann, vide bekri, Grett.
    5. metaph. to break, violate, lög, rétt, etc.; mun ek þó eigi fyrir þínar sakir brjóta lögin né konungs tignina, eða svá landsréttinn, Fms. iv. 263; en þér, konungr, brutuð lög á Agli, you broke the law in Egil’s case, Eg. 416, Fms. x. 401; at þú brjótir lög þín, xi. 93; engi skyídi annars ráð brjóta, Bret.; b. á bak, to infringe, Fas. i. 528 (cp. lög-brot, laga-brot); b. af við e-n, to wrong one, iii. 551: in theol. sense, H. E. i. 460 (vide af-brot, mis-brot, crime, sin): absol. to transgress, brjóta þau ok bæði, ok göra hórdóm, K. Á. 134.
    β. denoting force, to force, compel; b. menn til Kristni, Ld. 178, Fms. i. 142; til trúar, Fs. 98; til hlýðni, to force to submission; allt landsfólk var undir brotið ríki þeirra, all people were brought under their rule, Fms. iv. 64; hón er í hernaði ok brýtr undir sik víkinga, Odd. 22; b. konu til svefnis, a law term, violare, Grág. i. 338.
    II. reflex., with prepp. í, ór, um, út, við, or adv. braut; brjótask, to break in, out, etc.; hann brauzk í haug Hrólfs Kraka, Landn. 169; brjótumk vér þá burt ór húsinu, to break out of the house, Fas. i. 88; brjótask á, to break in upon, press; Önundr brauzk á hurðina, Onund tried to break in the door, Fs. 101, Fms. vii. 187; b. fram, to break forth, Bb.; b. milli, to break out between, Bs. i. 634; b. út, to break out, esp. in the metaph. sense of plague, disease, fire, or the like; er út brýzk vökvi ok úhreinindi, Greg. 22 (út-brot, a breaking out, eruption); b. um, to make a hard struggle (e. g. of one fettered or pinioned); því harðara er hann brauzk um, Edda 20; björn einn brauzk um í vök, Fs. 146; af ofrgangi elds þess er um brýtsk ( rages) í grundvöllum landsins, Sks. 151; b. við e-t, to struggle ( wrestle) hard against; þeir brutusk við skóga eðr stóra steina, of enraged berserkers, Fas. i. 515: metaph. to fight hard against, hann brauzk við heiðinn lýð, Fms. xi. 396; b. við ofrefli, to fight against odds, Ísl. ii. 394: absol. to strive hard, Stj. 411; Hákoni jarli var ekki mikit um at b. við borgargörðina, Haco did not care to exert himself much about making the burg, Fms. ix. 46: with dat., b. við e-u, to fight against (in a bad sense); b. við gæfu sinni, to break with one’s good luck, iv. 233; b. við forlögunum, to struggle against fate, Fs. 20; b. í e-u, to be busy, exert oneself in a thing; eigi þarftú í þessu at brjótask lengr, i. e. give it up, Fms. iii. 102; því at þessi maðr Ólafr brýzk í miklu ofrefli, this man Olave struggles against great odds, iv. 77.
    2. recipr., þeir rérust svá nær, at brutusk árarnar fyrir, that they broke one another’s oars, Fms. viii. 216.
    III. impers. in a pass. sense; skipit (acc.) braut í spán, the ship was broken to pieces, Ld. 142; skip Þangbrands braut austr við Búlandshöfða, Nj. 162; tók út skip Þangbrands ok braut mjök, Bs. i. 15: of a house, or the like, destroyed by wind or wave, þá braut kirkju (acc.), the church was blown down, 30: the phrase, straum (acc.) brýtr á skeri, the stream is broken against a skerry ( rock); strauminn braut á öxlinni, the stream broke against his shoulders, Grett. 140 (the new Ed.), the old Ed. straumrinn—not so well; lá (acc.) brýtr, the surf breaks, abates, Edda (Ht. verse 78).
    IV. part. brotinn, broken; sverð slæ ok brotin, Hkr. i. 343: as adj. in such compds as fót-brotinn, væng-brotinn, háls-brotinn, hrygg-brotinn, etc., with broken leg, wing, etc.

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  • 7 grá-kollóttr

    adj. grey and ‘humble’ (i. e. without horns), of sheep, Gullþ. 19. grá-kolla, u, f. a grey humble ewe.

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  • 8 KOLLA

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    f.
    1) hind, cow;
    2) woman (only in compds.).
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    u, f., prop. a deer without horns, a humble deer, a hind; féll hann þar á grasvöllinn hjá kollunni, Str. 4, 7; hirtir allir ok kollur, Karl. 476, (hjart-kolla, q. v.)
    2. a cow; kollu hali, a cow’s tail, Bjarn. (in a verse); þat heita Kollu-vísur, er hann kvað um kýr út á Íslandi, Fms. vi. 366, Bjarn. 43, cp. 32.
    3. in mod. usage, esp. a humble ewe; æ, þarna er hún Kolla mín blessuð komin af fjallinu! Piltr og Stúlka 20; Mó-kolla, Grett.
    4. of a girl; frið-kolla, a ‘peace-maid,’ Swed. Dal-kulla = the maid of the Dales.
    II. a pot or bowl without feet.
    III. naut. one of the cleats in a ship (?), N. G. L. ii. 283, v. l. kollu-band, n. the stay fastened to the kolla.

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  • 9 lítil-lækka

    að, to humble; l. sjálfan sig, to humble oneself.

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  • 10 ODDR

    (-s, -ar), m.
    1) point of a weapon; með oddi ok eggju, with point and edge, at the sword’s point, by force (heimta, eyða e-t með oddi ok eggju); brjóta odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point of one’s pride, to humble oneself;
    2) spear (fölvir oddar);
    3) spur (þótt vér jói óra oddum keyrum);
    4) leader (hann var o. ok œsir fyrir þessum úráðum);
    5) the front (hann hafði yxnum skipat í odd á liði sínu).
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    m. [A. S. ord; Germ. ort = ‘point’ of land, spot, place, but in early Germ. = Lat. cuspis; Dan.-Swed. od, odd]:— a point of a weapon Am. 59, Karl. 506, K. Þ. K. 96, and in countless instances, knífs-oddr, nálar-o., als-o., spjóts-o. (but blóðrefill of a sword): the allit. phrase, oddr ok egg, Hom. 33; með oddi ok eggju, with point and edge, at the sword’s point, by force, Nj. 149, Grág. ii. 13; ætla ek at sækja oddi ok eggju frændleifð mína, Ó. H. 32; brjóta odd af oflæti sínu, to break the point of one’s pride, to humble oneself, Nj. 94: poët. a point, spear, fölvar oddar, Hkv. 1. 52; seðja ara oddum, 2. 7; oddar görva jarli megin, see jarl.
    2. a spur, which in olden times had a single point, see Worsaae, No. 356.
    II. metaph. the front; hann hafði yxnum skipat í odd á liði sínu, Fms. x. 404.
    2. a leader; hann var oddr ok æsir fyrir þessum úfriði, Fms. viii. 57, v. l.
    III. a pr. name, Oddr as well as Oddi: in compds, of men, Odd-björn, Odd-geirr, Odd-leifr, Odd-marr; of women, Odd-björg, Odd-fríðr, Odd-katla, Odd-laug, Odd-leif, Odd-ný, and in the latter part Þór-oddr, Arn-oddr, Landn.

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  • 11 auðmýkja

    (-ta, -tr), v.
    auðmýkja sik, to humble oneself;

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  • 12 auð-mjúkr

    adj. humble, meek, compar. auðmjúkari, Sturl. i. 45; a. iðran, devoted repentance, H. E. i. 510.

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  • 13 beini

    m.
    1) help, benifit;
    2) esp. hospitable entertainment, hospitality (vinna, veita e-m beina); ganga um beina, to wait upon the guests.
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    m. help, but exclusively used of hospitable entertainment, kind treatment, hospitality; vinna, veita, e-m beina, Eb. 268; þykir yðr eigi sá b. beztr, at yðr sé borð sett ok gefinu náttverðr ok síðan fari þér at sofa, Eg. 548; ofgörr er beininn, too much trouble taken, too much attendance, Lv. 38 (Ed. badly ‘beinan’); höfðu þar blíðan beina, Fms. ii. 248, iv. 336; mikit er nú um beina þinn, what hospitable treatment! Ísl. ii. 155, Bjarn. 53–55, Fas. i. 79: ganga um beina, to wait upon the guests, in old times (as at present in Icel.) an honourable task; in great banquets the lady or daughter of the house, assisted by servants, did this office; Þórhildr (the daughter) gékk um beina, ok báru þær Bergþóra (the mother) mat á borð, Nj. 50, cp. Lv. l. c., Fms. xi. 52; Hít (the hospitable giantess) gékk um b., Bárð. 174; Þiðrandi (the son of the house) gékk um beina, Fms. ii. 194;—but it is added, ‘because he was humble and meek,’ for it was not regarded as fit work for a man; cp. þá er konur gengu um b. um dagverð, Sturl. i. 132.
    COMPDS: beinabót, beinamaðr, beinaspell, beinaþurfi.

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  • 14 bleyða

    I)
    (-dda, -ddr), v. to dishearten, humble (ef þú bleyðir hjarta þitt);
    refl., bleyðast, to lose heart or courage (= verða blauðr).
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    u, f. [blauðr], a craven, Hkr. i. 338.

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  • 15 deigja

    I)
    (-ða, -ðr), v. to make soft, to weaken.
    f. servantmaid, dairymaid (deigja eðr önnur hjún).
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    1.
    u, f. a dairy-maid; this word is the humble mother of the Engl. lady, qs. la-dy (vide p. 76. s. v. brauð). A. S. hlæf-dige = bread-maid; cp. Norse bú-deigja (q. v.). Chaucer’s dey (a maner dey), and West Engl. day- (or dey-) house, a dairy. The deigja in old Norse farms was the chief maid, but still a bondwoman, N. G. L. i. 70, H. E. i. 510; öll ertú d. dritin. Ls. 56, where it is curiously enough addressed to the daughter of Byggvir (bygg = barley), a handmaid of the gods; deigja seems to mean a baker-woman, and the word no doubt is akin to deig, dough, and Goth. deigan, to knead, the same person being originally both dairy-woman and baker to the farm: in Icel. the word is never used, but it survives in the Norse bu-deia, sæter-deia, agtar-deia, reid-deia (Ivar Aasen), and Swed. deja, = a dairy-maid.
    2.
    u, f. wetness, dump.

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  • 16 for-verk

    (for-virki, Hrafn. 5), n., prop. humble work, farm work; ef maðr kaupir mann til forverks sér, Grág. i. 272; várt f., our task, Hom. (St.); of gamall til þræls, ok þótti ekki forverk í honum, too old for a thrall, and unfit for work, Hkr. i. 199, Fms. i. 77; þetta sumar var lítið forverk í Krossavík, Vápn. 29; ok var lítið forverk orðit, en hann átti ómegð, Sturl. i. 137; þarf eigí meira forvirki en þetta lið orkar, Hrafn. 5; forverk heys, carting hay, K. Þ. K. 100; skal hverr búandi fara er forverk á sér, N. G. L. i. 128: þú munt fá föður mínum forverk ef ek ferr frá, Þorst. St. 53: forverks-lítill, adj. one who is able to do but little f., Fas. iii. 158: forverks-maðr, m. a labourer, workman, Gþl. 6, Eb. 150: forverks-tíð, f. work-time, Hom. (St.): þér skal fá þræla til forverks, Þorst. St. 55.
    II. metaph. [cp. A. S. for-wyrht = peccatum], in the phrase, göra ekki forverkum við e-n, to treat one well, not meanly, not like a drudge; er þat líkast at aldri sé forverkum við þik gört, Band. 10; skal aldri forverkum við þik göra meðan við lifum báðir, 54; ekki skal forverkum við þik göra þat sem vel er, Fas. ii. 238; vér munum þetta eigi forverkum göra, we shall do no hireling’s work, i. 100; at þeir görði lítt forverkum ( that they did it thoroughly) at hefna þeim Dönum spottsins, Mork. 51, 153.

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  • 17 FRYGÐ

    f. blossoming, excellence.
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    f., and fryktr, m., Stj. 26, 56, 77, [an unclass. word formed from Lat. fructus], blossoming; fegrð ok f., Stj. 14, 142; frygð ok feiti, 154; frygð ok ávöxtr, 15. frygðar-fullr and -samligr, adj. fruitful, Stj. 27.
    II. in the Rímur of the 15th century frygð is used of love, Lat. amores, Skáld-H. 5. 38, passim; and frygðugr, adj. amorous, Skáld-H. It is a bad word and quite out of use, and seems to have no connection with Germ. freude, which is a good Teut. word; the mod. frukt, n. humble compliments, and frukta, að, to make such compliments, in a bad sense, are perhaps akin, but they are slang words.

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  • 18 HNÖGGVA

    or hnyggja, a defect. strong verb; pres. hnyggr; pret. hnögg (hnaugg), Thom. 503; part. hnugginn; [akin to hníga]:—to humble, bring down, with dat.; hnyggr þú andskotum, Fms. vi. 175 (in a verse); með hnöggvanda fæti, with staggering feet, Thom. 337; skip nyghðo (i. e. hnuggu, 3rd pers. pl. pret.), the ship lay adrift (?), Fagrsk. 44 (in a verse):—part. hnugginn, bereft; miklu h., bereft of much, Gm. 51; sigri h., Fms. vii. 58 (in a verse); h. hverjum leik, Lex. Poët.: sad, dismal, downcast, svip-h., a sad countenance, freq. in mod. usage.

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  • 19 kollóttr

    a.
    1) without horns, polled (ær kollótt);
    2) with shaven crown, hairless (kollóttr ok klæðlauss); having the hair cut short.
    * * *
    adj. without horns, humble, of a cow or sheep, Gþl. 401, Sturl. i. 159; hann tók á kollótta af hverjum bónda, Landn. 147, 148, Sturl. iii. 238; Auðunn var þá kollóttr ( with shaven crown) ok klæðlauss, Fms. vi. 302; hann var þá kominn frá Rúmi ok var stafkarl, k. ok magr ok nær klæðlauss, viii. 206: having the hair cut short, sveina tvá kollótta, Fær. 34; kollóttar meyjar, of nuns, Orkn. (in a verse).

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  • 20 kot-lífi

    n. humble life, Stat. 276.

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