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1 KERRA
* * *f. car, chariot (kerra sólarinnar).* * *1.u, f., gen. pl. kerrna, Stj. 288, [for. word], a car, chariot, Bret. 68, Stj. 204, 288, 387, Al. 42, Fb. i. 320; kerra sólarinnar, Edda 7; kerra Þórs, Nj. 131; eldlig k., Niðrst. 9; kerru gætir, a charioteer, Skálda 194, Pr. 477: the zodiacal sign, Rb. kerru-sleði, a, m. a kind of sledge, D. N.2.t, to force or throw the neck backwards; hnakka-kertr (part.), throwing the neck backwards; heldr en ekki hnakka-kertr, höndum stingr mjaðmir á, Hallgr. -
2 AKA
* * *(ek, ók, ókum, ekinn), v.1) to drive (a vehicle or animal drawing a vehicle), with dat.: gott er heilum vagni heim at a., it is good to get home safe and sound; a. þrennum eykjum, with three yoke of horses;2) to carry or convey in a vehicle, to cart, with dat. or acc. (hann ók heyjum sínum á yxnum; hann ók skarni á hóla); a. saman hey, to cart hay; líkin váru ekin í sleða, carried in a sledge;3) with the prep. í or á; Freyr ók í kerru með gelti; ríðr Þ. hesti þeim, er hann hafði ekit á;4) absol., to drive in a vehicle (fóru þeir í sleðann ok óku alla nóttina); with acc. of the road (óku úrgar brautir);5) naut., to trim the sail (aka seglum at endilöngum skipum);6) to remove, with dat.; ók hann af sér fjötrinum, worked it off by rubbing; ók Oddr sér þar at, worked himself thither (of a fettered prisoner); a. e-m á bug or a. bug;á e-n, to make one give way, repel; intrans. = ‘akast’, to move slowly; hvárrgi ók (gave way) fyrir oðrum; a. undan, to retire, retreat;7) impers., hart ekr at e-m, one is in great straits; ekr nú mjók at, I am hard pressed; e-m verðr nær ekit, one gets into straits, is hard pressed;refl., e-m ekst e-t í tauma, one is thwarted in a thing.* * *ók, óku, ekit; pres. ek. It also occurs in a weak form, að, Fagrsk. 104, which form is now perhaps the most common. [Neither Ulf. nor Hel. use this word, which appears also to be alien to the South-Teut. idioms. The Germans say fahren; the English to drive, carry; cp. Engl. yoke. In Latin, however, agere; Gr. άγειν] Gener. to move, drive, transport, carry:I. to drive in harness in a sledge or other vehicle (where the vehicle is in dat.), as also the animal driven; bryggjur svá breiðar, at aka mátti vögnum á víxl, ‘briggs’ (i. e. wharfs or piers,, cp. ‘Filey Brigg’) so broad, that wains might meet and pass each other, Hkr. ii. 11; gott er heilum vagni heim at aka, ‘tis good to drive home with a whole wain, to get home safe and sound, cp. Horace solve senescentem, Orkn. 464, Al. 61; þórr á hafra tvá, ok reið þá er hann ekr, in which he drives, Edda 14, Ób. adds í (viz. reið þá er hekr i), which may be the genuine reading.β. with the prep. í; Freyr ók ok í kerru með gelti, Edda 38.γ. absol. to drive, i. e. travel by driving; þeir óku upp á land, Eg. 543; fóru þeir í sleðann ok óku nóttina alia, drove the whole night, Fms. iv. 317. With the road taken in acc.; aka úrgar brautir, Rm. 36; báðu hennar ok heim óku (dat. henni being understood), carrying a bride home, 37. 20.II. to carry or cart a load, ( to lead, in the north of England):—in Iceland, where vehicles are rare, it may perhaps now and then be used of carrying on horseback. The load carried is commonly in dat. or acc.:α. acc.: aka saman hey, to cart hay, Eb. 150; saman ok hann heyit, Ísl. ii. 330; hann ok saman alla töðu sína, Landn. 94; þá tekr Gísli eyki tvá, ok ekr fé sitt til skógar, Gísl. 121; but absol., ok ekr til skógar með fjárhlut sinn, l. c. 36; þá let konungr aka til haugsins vist ok drykk, then the king let meat and drink be carted to the ‘how’ ( barrow), Fms. x. 186; vill hann húsit ór stað færa, ok vill hann aka þat, carry it away, Grág. ii. 257; líkin váru ekin í sleða, carried in a sledge, Bs. i. 144.β. dat. more freq., as now; hann ók heyjum sínum á öxnum, carried his hay on oxen, Fbr. 43 new Ed.; einn ók skarni á hóla, carted dung alone on the fields, Nj. 67, Rd. 277.γ. with the animals in dat., Þórólfr let aka þrennum eykjum um daginn, with three yoke of oxen, Eb. 152; or with the prep. á, ríðr Þórðr hesti þeim er hann hafði ekit á um aptaninn, Ísl. ii. 331, Fbr. 43; ef maðr ekr eðr berr klyfjar á, leads or carries on packsaddles, Grág. i. 441.δ. absol., þat mun ek til finna, at hann ok eigi í skegg ser, that he did not cart it on his own beard, Nj. 67.ε. part., ekinn uxi, a yoked, tamed ox, Vm. 152.III. used by sailors, in the phrase, aka segli, to trim the sail; aka seglum at endilöngum skipum, Fms. vii. 94; bað hann þá aka skjótt seglunum, ok víkja út í sund nokkut, 131. In mod. Icel. metaph., aka seglum eptir vindi, to set one’s sail after ( with) the wind, to act according to circumstances; cp. aktaumar.IV. metaph. in a great many proverbs and phrases, e. g. aka heilum vagni heim, v. above; aka höllu fyrir e-m, to get the worst of it, Ld. 206; aka undan (milit), to retire, retreat slowly in a battle; óku þeir Erlingr undan ofan með garðinum, Fms. vii. 317; akast undan (reflex.), id., 278; þeir ökuðust undan ok tóku á skógana, they took to the woods, Fagrsk. 174 (where the weak form is used); sumir Norðmenn óku undan á hæli ofan með sjónum, x. 139: aka e-m á bug, the figure probably taken from the ranks in a battle, to make one give way, repel, en ef Ammonite aka, þér á bug, if they be too strong for thee, Stj. 512. 2 Sam. x. 11. Mkv. 7; also metaph., aka bug á e-n, id.; mun oss þat til Birkibeinum, at þeir aki á oss engan bug, to stand firm, with unbroken ranks, Fms. viii. 412. It is now used impers., e-m á ekki ór að aka, of one who has always bad luck, probably ellipt., ór steini or the like being understood; cp. GÍsl. 54, the phrase, þykir ekki ór steini hefja, in the same sense, the figure being taken from a stone clogging the wheels; ok hann af sér fjötrinum, threw it off by rubbing, Fas. ii. 573; þá ekr Oddr sér þar at, creeps, rolls himself thither, of a fettered prisoner, id.; the mod. phrase, að aka sér, is to shrug the shoulders as a mark of displeasure: aka ór öngum, ex angustiis, to clear one’s way, get out of a scrape, Bjarn. 52; aka í moínn, to strive against, a cant phrase. Impers. in the phrase, e-m verðr nær ekit, is almost run over, has a narrow escape, varð honum svá nær ekit at hann hleypti inn í kirkju, he was so hard driven that he ran into the church, Fms. ix. 485; hart ekr at e-m, to be in great straits, ok er þorri kemr, þá ekr hart at mönnum, they were pressed hard, Ísl. ii. 132; ekr mi mjök at, I am hard pressed, GÍsl. 52; er honum þótti at sér aka, when death drew near,, of a dying man, Grett. 119 A. Reflex., e-m ekst e-t í tauma, to be thwarted in a thing, where the figure is taken from trimming the sail when the sheet is foul, Fms. xi. 121. In later Icelandic there is a verb akka, að, to heap together, a. e-u saman, no doubt a corruption from aka with a double radical consonant, a cant word. Aka is at present a rare word, and is, at least in common speech, used in a weak form, akar instead of ekr; akaði = ók; akat = ekit. -
3 HLASS
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4 ÞÍSL
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5 HESTR
(-s, -ar), m.1) stallion (hestar þrír ok merhross eitt);2) horse.* * *m. a horse, [this word is a contr. form of hengist, qs. hengstr; A. S. hengest; O. H. G. hengist; Germ. hengst, whence Swed.-Dan. hingst; again, contr. Swed. häst, Dan. hest: in old writers hestr mostly means a stallion, whereas hross (Engl. horse) denotes a gelding or any horse]:—a stallion, opp. to merr, a mare, Grág. i. 503, Gþl. 190, Hrafn. 5, Ám. 98 (hestar þrír ok mer-hross eitt); h. grár með fjórum merum, Ísl. ii. 213; sá hestr var sonr Hvítings, var alhvítr at lit en merarnar allar rauðar, en annarr sonr Hvítings var í Þórarínsdal, ok var sá ok hvítr en merarnar svartar, Bjarn. 55: a steed, Fms. ii. 224: a horse gener., Nj. 4, 74; lið á hestum, horsemen, Fms. x. 31, passim. The ancients valued high breeding and variety of colour in their horses, which were favourite gifts, see Gunnl. ch. 5, Bjarn. l. c., Finnb. ch. 23, Fms. vi. 383, 384; for steeds and horsemanship see Þkv. 6, Yngl. S. ch. 23, 33, Landn. 3. ch. 8, Gullþ. S. ch. 9, Harð. S. ch. 3, 4, Rm. 32, 34, cp. also Lv. ch. 6, 7, Grett. ch. 16, Dropl. 13, Finnb. ch. 23, Fms. vi. 323: mythol. the horse was sacred to Frey (the god of light and the sun), Hrafn. 5, Vd. ch. 34, Fb. i. 401 (Ó. T. ch. 322), cp. Freyfaxi: for the steeds of the Sun, Day, and Night, see Gm. 37, Vþm. 12, 14: for the steeds of the gods, Gm. 30: for poetical and mythical names, Edda (Gl.) and the fragment of the poem Þorgrímsþula, Edda, Bugge 332–334: for Sleipnir, the eight-legged steed of Odin, Edda, Gm. 44: for horse-fights see the references s. v. etja, to which add Grett. ch. 31, Sd. ch. 23:—vatna-hestr, a water-horse, = nykr in popular tales, Landn. 2, ch. 10, and Ísl. Þjóðs.; but also a good swimmer, góðr vatna-hestr; skeið-h., reið-h., a riding horse; klár-h., púls-h., áburðar-h., a hack, cart-horse, pack-horse; stóð-h., a stud-horse: sækja, beizla, gyrða, söðla, járna hest, to fetch, bridle, gird, saddle, shoe a horse; also, leggja á, to saddle; spretta af, to take the saddle off; teyma hest or hafa hest í togi, to lead a horse; flytja h., to put a pony out to grass; hepla h., to tether a pony: a pony is gúðgengr (q. v.), vakr, þýðr; and the reverse, íllgengr, hastr, klárgengr, harðgengr.II. metaph. phrases, há-hestr, a high horse; ríða háhest (a child’s play), also called ríða hákúk, to ride on one another’s shoulders, ride ‘pick-a-back;’ kinn-hestr, a ‘cheek-horse,’ a box on the ear; lýstr hana kinnhest, hón kvaðsk þann hest muna skyldu ok launa ef hón mætti, Nj. 75; þá skal ek nú, segir hón, muna þér kinnhestinn, þann er þú laust mik, 116, cp. Gísl. 27: the gallows is called the horse of Odin, whence gefa e-m hest, to give one a horse, hang one, Fb. i. 238, cp. the verse in Yngl. S. ch. 26.β. the local name of a horse-shaped crag, see Landn.; cp. Hest-fell in Cumberland.COMPDS: either hesta- or hests-: hesta-at, n. a horse-fight, see etja. hesta-bein, n. horse bones (cp. Engl. horse-flesh), Grett. 96. hesta-fóðr, n. horse foddering, a law term, Gþl. 77. hesta-fætr, m. pl. horses’ feet, Edda 77, Fas. i. 226, Fms. iii. 111. hesta-garðr, m. a horse-pen close to a churchyard, wherein the horses of the worshippers are kept during service, D. N. hesta-geldir, m. horse gelder, a nickname, Landn. hesta-geymsla, u, f. horse keeping, Fas. i. 80. hesta-gnegg, n. a horse’s neigh, Stj. 621. hesta-gnýr, m, noise of horsemen, Fms. iii. 74. hesta-hlið, n. a horse gate, Stj. hesta-járn, n. pl. horse-shoes, Sturl. iii. 152. hesta-keyrsla, u, f. driving the steed in, in a horse-fight, Rd. 261. hesta-korn, n. [Swed. hestakorn = oats], a nickname, Fb. iii. hesta-lið, n. horsemen, Fms. vii. 188. hesta-maðr, m. a horse boy, groom. hesta-rétt, f. in Icel., = Norse hestagarðr. hesta-skál, f. a stirrup-cup. hesta-skipti, n. a change of horses; hafa h., Ld. 202, Fs. 51. hesta-stafr, m. a horse staff, to be used in a horse-fight, Nj. 91, Þorst. S. St. 49, cp. Rd. ch. 12, Arons S. ch. 18. hesta-stallr, m. = hesthús, Flóv. hesta-steinn, m. a stone to whicb a horse is tied whilst the horseman takes refreshment. hesta-sveinn, m. a horse boy, groom, Sturl. ii. 218, Fas. i. 149, Þiðr. 205, Þorst. S. St. 50. hesta-víg, n. a horse-fight, Nj. 90, Sturl. ii. 100, Glúm. 366, Rd. 261. hesta-þing, n. a meeting for a public horse-fight, Glúm. 366, 367, Nj. 92, Lv. 37, Sd. 176, Fs. 43, 140. -
6 GYRÐA
(-ða, -ðr), v.1) to gird (with a belt); g. sik, to gird oneself, fasten one’s belt (cf. gyrðr í brœkr); g. sik með sverði, to gird on a sword;2) to girth (g. hest, g. söðul).* * *ð or t, [A. S. gyrðan; Engl. gird; Dan. gjorde: gerða (q. v.) and gyrða are kindred words, both formed from the Goth. gairdan, gard, gurdun; gerða, as also garðr (q. v.), from the pret.; gyrða from the participle]:— to gird oneself with a belt or the like; eptir þat gyrðir Klaufi hann svá fast ( girded his belt so tight) at hélt við meiðsl, Sd. 143; síðan gyrði mærin sik með einu ríku belti, El.; hann gyrði sik með dúki, Fms. x. 314; gyrðr í brækr, with breeks girt up, vii. 143; gyrða sik, to fasten the breeks, as the ancients used belts instead of braces; gyrða lendir sínar, to gird up one’s loins, Hom. 84, Stj. passim; fésjóð er hann var gyrðr með, girt with a purse, from wearing the purse fastened to the girdle, Fms. vii. 142.β. to girth or saddle a horse; hann hefir ekki svá vel gyrt hest þinn, at þat muni duga, gyrtu þá betr, Ísl. ii. 340; þá setti hann söðul á hest sinn ok gyrði hann fast, Str. 47: to secure a cart load by girding it, með hlassi því er hann gyrðir eigi reipum, N. G. L. i. 379; g. hlass, taug eða reipi, 349; hann gyrði at utan, he girded it well, Fs. 66: Icel. say a horse is laus-gyrtr, fast-gyrtr, has its girths loose or tight: edged, bordered, bolli gyrðr með silfri, Hkr. iii. 81.γ. to gird oneself with a sword; konungr steypir brynju á sik ok gyrðir sik með sverðinu Kvernbít, Hkr. i. 155; hann gyrði sik með búnu sverði, Ó. H. 31.II. part. gyrðr, girt with a weapon; g. saxi, Nj. 54, Fms. ii. 83, Grett. 126; g. sverði, Eg. 285, 374, Fms. ii. 111, iv. 58, x. 201, 415, Ó. H. 116; g. skálmum, Gkv. 2. 19. -
7 ÞÚFA
(gen. pl. þúfna), f. mound, knoll (H. sat við þúfu eina).* * *u, f., gen. pl. þúfna; [provinc. Germ. daube; in the Tyrol the cairns and pyramids by the way-side are so called by the peasants, Schmeller; dobe = a paw, Alsace]:—a mound; þúfu þá er griðkonan þerði fætr sína á, Fms. i. 254; settu þat á þúfur, hjá þúfunni, Fbr. 109, 110; Hjálmarr sat við þúfu eina ok var fölr sem nár, Fas. i. 426; opt veltir lítil þúfa miklu hlassi, a little mound may overset a big load ( cart), Al. 132 (a saying); þar er þeir vóru staddir, vóru ber á einni þúfu, Fb. ii. 347: the phrases, fé-þúfa, see fé, p. 149, col. 1; bana-þúfa, hníga við bana-þúfu, to bite the dust; vera einum eingin heilla-þúfa, to be a stumbling-mound to one. þúfna-kollr, m. the top of a mound. þúfu-skítr, m. a nickname, Fms. viii. þúfu-titlingr, m. a ‘mound-tit,’ a sparrow. -
8 REIÐA
I)(-dda, -ddr), v.1) to cary on horseback; hverr reiddi yðr yfir Markarfljót, who put you across M.?;2) reiða e-t um (of) öxl, to carry a thing (poised) on one’s shoulder (heinn hafði hann fyrir vápn ok reiddi of öxl);3) to make one rock, shake, push (reiðit hana af baki, svá at hún falli í lœkinn ofan);4) to toss, of wind and waves (bátinn undir honum reiddi vindr ok straumr norðr með landi); impers. to be tossed about (reiddi þá ymsa vega); tók þá at r. saman skipin, the ships began to drive against one another; e-u reiðir e-n veg af, it ends (turns out) in a certain way (vóru þá margir hræddir um, hversu af mundi r.);5) to carry about, spread abroad (kann vera, at þeir menn reiði orð mín úvitrlig fyrir alþýðu);6) to brandish, swing, raise in the air (hann greip øxina ok reiddi upp);7) to weigh in a balance (r. silfr, fé);8) to pay (r. fé af hendi, r. verð fyrir e-t).f.1) attendance, service (vist ok öll r.); vinna e-m reiðu, to serve, attend;2) accomodation (á þeim skógi var svá hörð reiðan þeirra, at ekki var at eta, nema börk af viði);3) vera til reiðu, to be ready at hand (til reiðu er yðr hér vetrvist); konungr lét þat þegar til reiðu, the king granted that at once;4) henda reiður á e-u, to notice, heed (jarl spurði, hvert hann fœri þaðan; þeir kváðust eigi reiður hafa á hent).* * *d, a causal to riða—to make to ride, carry; hverr reiddi yðr yfir Markar-fljót? Nj. 142; Þórðr reiddi hann at baki sér, Eg. 188; eigi skal þá reiða yfir vötn eða ferja, K. Þ. K. 82; r. andvirki, hey, to carry hay, 102; r. heim ok bera inn hey, K. Á. 176; reiða á völl, to cart dung on a field; reiða e-t um öxl, to carry on one’s shoulders, Pr. 414, Finnb. 306.II. to make to rock, shake; reiðit hana af baki svá at hón falli í lækinn ofan, Ísl. ii. 339; Björn reiddi sik til falls í strenginum, Fms. i. 181; brott reknir ok af reiddir samkundu, Stj. 53; þú mun hans ok af reiða þínum hálsi, 168; þeir reiddu ( pushed) hann aptr ok fram eptir vellinum, Lv. 81.2. to toss, of wind and waves; en skip þat reiddi vindr til Róma-borgar, Pr. 442; bátinn undir honum reiddi vindr ok straumr norðr með landi, Fms. i. 294; flóð reiddi skipið, Leiðarv. 16:—impers. to ride, be tossed about; örkina reiddi um haf innan, Ver. 8; reiddi þá ymsa vega, Fas. i. 383; ok lætr hann reiðask þangat sem fáir menn vóru milli, Sturl. i. 31; lögðu þeir í rétt ok létu reiða fyrir nokkurar nætr, they rode before the wind, Eg. 372; tók þá at reiða saman skipin, the ships began to drift, Nj. 273; þeir létu reiða yfir um sumarit, they roamed about, Fbr. 21; sem hann reiðir í bylgjum þessarar áhyggju, Mar.; í slíkum hvirfil-vindum reiddi þann blezaðan biskup, Bs. ii. 5, 48, Fb. iii. 409:—the impers. phrase, e-u reiðir vel, ílla af, to end well, ill; vóru þá margir hræddir um hversu af mundi reiða, Fms. vii. 156; kann þá enn vera at vel reiði af, vi. 10.3. to carry about; kann vera at þeir menn reiði orð mín úvitrlig fyrir alþýðu, Fms. vi. 208: ef maðr reiðir auknefni til háðungar honum, Grág ii. 146; þeim er reiðir þann verka ok nemr, 148; hann kallask lostið hafa Ref tvau högg ok reiðir þetta víða, Krók.4. to brandish; hann greip öxina ok reiddi upp, Eg. 717, Fms. i. 180; Þjóstólfr gékk með öxi reidda, Nj. 25, Fms. i. 181; greip hann til hamarsins ok bregðr á lopt, en er hann skal fram reiða, Edda 34; ef maðr reiðir fram þann vígvöl, er …, Grág. ii. 7, passim.5. to weigh in a balance; reiða silfr, Ld. 30; síðan vóru teknar skálir ok met, var þá reitt í sundr fétt, ok skipt ölln með vágum, Fms. vi. 183; nú reiðir hann rangar vættir eða mælir rangar álnar, Grág. i. 499.6. to pay, discharge; reiða kaup, to pay wages, Grág. i. 153; r. fé af hendi, 199; r. verð fyrir e-t, Fms. x. 227; skal hann reiða sína aura fyrir landit, Grág. ii. 239; Ásgrímr setti spjóts-odd fyrir brjóst jarli, ok bað hann reiða föður-gjöld, Landn. 216; ef hann reiðir eigi biskupi reiðu eða prest-reiðu, N. G. L. i. 13. -
9 TJALD
* * *n.1) tent, on land or on ships, esp. when in harbour; bregða tjöldum, to take down (strike) the tents;2) hangings, tapestry.* * *n., pl. tjöld; [A. S. teld; Engl. tilt = the cover of a cart; Dan. telt]:—a tent, Ísl. ii. 178, Eg. 276: tents were pitched not only on land, but on ships, esp. when in harbour; dreki með tjöldum ok öllum reiða, 44; róðrar-skútu ok þar með reiða allan, tjöld ok vistir, 76; hann gékk út á skipit ok fyrir útan tjöldin, 195; láta þeir þegar af sér tjöldin, 261; bregða stafn-tjöldum, Hkv. 1; hlupu menn þá upp skyndiliga ok ráku af sér tjöldin, Fms. x. 135 (v. l.), viii. 130. At the time of public meetings (such as parliament) the men lived in tents; at þinglausnum þá er menn bregða tjöldum sínum, Grág. ii. 93; en er hann kom á þingit ok búð hans var tjöldut þá lét hann tjalda undir svörtum tjöldum innar af til þess at þá væri síðr skírdræpt, Ó. H. 156; for the tent-booths in market-places, see Ld. ch. 12, Fbr. 51, 52 new Ed.; land-tjald, a tent ashore.2. hangings, of a church; kirkja á tjöld umhverfis, … kirkju-tjöld öll, … tjöld um alla kirkju, … búning allan í tjöldum … tjöld um kór, D.I. i. 251 sqq. passim.II. for local names, Tjald-brekka, Tjalda-staðir, Tjalda-nes, Tjalda-vellir, Landn., Sturl.B. COMPDS: tjaldáss, tjaldbúð, tjalddyrr, tjaldkúla, tjaldlauss, tjaldalauss, tjaldleppr, tjaldsnagli, tjaldsrúm, tjaldskör, tjaldaslitr, tjaldsmótti, tjaldsperra, tjaldstaðr, tjaldsteinn, tjaldstokkr, tjaldstuðill, tjaldstæðingr, tjaldstöng, tjaldströnur, tjaldtöturr, tjaldviðir. -
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að, to form a clod or lump; vegrinn blautr ok aukkast (thus the Cod.) leirinn við fætrna, the road was wet, and the loam stuck to the feet, Thom. 359.2. here may be mentioned the mod. phrase, akka e-u saman, to carry or cart together, of heavy things like damp hay; að akka saman votu heyinu. -
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(pl. sköklar), m. car-pole.* * *m., dat. skökli, [Swed. skakel; Dan. skagle; from skaka]:— the pole of a cart or carriage, Hým. 37, Þkv. 21; cf maðr höggr festi, sela, beisl, tauma eðr skökla, Gþl. 359; leysa sköklana frá okinu, Al. 19: a nickname, Landn.2. a horse-yard. -
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