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1 ætlan
f.1) thought, meaning, opinion (hverja ætlan hafið þér um úfrið þenna);2) plan, design (brást sú ætlan, sem áðr var gör um atlöguna);3) reason, meaning; þat er engi ætlan, there is no use thinking of that;4) estimate (mevi fjöldi en hœgt væri at telja eða ætlan á koma).* * *or ætlun, f. thought; eptir ætlan, deliberately, Sks. 119 new Ed.; er þat mikil ætlan ( a great instinct) skynlaussar skepnu at sjá, 12 new Ed.; hogson ok ætlan, thought and reason, Mar.2. design, plan; sú ætlan sem áðr var sett, Fms. ix. 507; tvískiptask í ætlaninni, x. 270; hafa ætlan á um ferðina, xi. 115; þessar ætlanir, iv. 79; þat er engi ætlan, it is no plan, impossible, Nj. 41; fyrir-ætlan, intention; á-ætlan, a calculation. ætlanar-verk, n. a task. -
2 úfœra
f.1) impassable place;er úfœra at komast þar yfir, it is impossible to cross it;2) critical state (vera í úfœru);hlaða skip til úfœru, to overload a ship;3) dangerous task (ek kalla þat vera úfœru at berjast við þá at svá búnu).
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