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1 LÁGR
(lægri, lægstr), a.1) low, low down (þá er sól er lág um kveldit); bera lágt höfuðit, to carry the head low, be discomfited; fara lægra, to be lowered, humbled;2) short (höggspjót á lágu skafti), short of stature (lágr sem dvergr ok digr);3) low, humble (lágr at burðum); bera lægra hlut, to get the worst of it, be worsted;4) low, of the voice (hann svarar ok heldr lágt).* * *adj., compar. lægri, superl. lægstr; [Dan. lav; Swed. låg; not found in A. S., so that probably the Engl. low is borrowed from the Scandin. word]:—low; lát hæl þinn síga nokkut svá lægra en tær, Sks. 372; at nú sé lægra í horninu en áðr, Edda 32; en lægstr Magnúss kross, Hkr. iii. 221; þá er sólin er lág um kveldit, when the sun is low on the horizon, Þiðr. 338: short, þat er mitt ráð, at þú trúir aldri lágum manni ok rauðskeggjuðum, Fms. xi. 428; öxi mikla ok lágt skaptið, Sturl. i. 64; Þórðr enn lági, Ó. H. 139:—low, low-lying, of land, þegar regn koma þá er úvært at búa þar sem lágt liggr, Fms. vi. 136:—low, of the voice; hann svarar ok heldr lágt, i. 159; konungr tók kveðju hans lágt, Sturl. iii. 305; biðja fyrir sér lágt, Hom. (St.)II. phrases, bera lágt höfuð, to carry one’s head low, hang the head, be discomfited, Nj. 94; stefna þá at Birkibeinum ok standa nú engum mun lægra en þeir, are no worse off than they, Fms. ix. 44; en hina lægri daga ( the lower holy days) þrim aurum, K. Á. 170; munda ek þat vilja áðr þessu þingi er lokit, at ér færit lægra, I would like to see ye lowered, humbled, Nj. 220; bera lægra hlut, to get the worst of it, Fms. v. 59, vi. 412. -
2 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).* * *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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