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1 -fættur
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2 BEINN
* * *I)a.2) hospitable (bóndi var beinn við þá); gera beint við e-n, to treat one kindly.m. a kind of tree, ebony?.* * *1.adj., compar. beinni, superl. beinstr or beinastr.I. Gr. ορθος, Lat. rectits, opp. to wry or curved, in a straight line; b. rás, a straight course, Sks. 217; beinstr vegr, the straigbtest, shortest way, Fms. ix. 361, Bs. ii. 132 (very freq.): ueut. beint, beinast, used as adv. straight; sem beinst á þá, Eg. 386; svá beint, straight on, 742: just, þat kom mér beint ( just) i hug, Fms. vi. 213, 369, 371; b. sextigi skipa, precisely sixty ships, xi. 114; mi beint, just now, iv. 327; var hann þá beint í undlati, just breathed his last, vi. 230.2. metaph. hospitable; Dagstyggr tok við honum forkunnar vel, ok var við hana hinn beinasti, Sturl. ii. 125; varla náðu þeir at stíga af baki, svá var bóndi beinn við þá, Ísl. ii. 155; Björn var allbeinn við hann um kveldit, Fms. ii. 84; var kerling hin beinasta í öllu, Fas. iii. 394: also as epithet of the inn or house, þar er svá beint ( such hospitality), at varla þykkja þeir hafa komit í beinna stað, … in a more hospitable botise, i. 77; sváfu af þá nótt, ok vóru þeir í allbeinum stað, Eb. 268.II. [bein, crus], in compds, berbeinn, bare-legged, Hbl. 6: as a cognom. of king Magnus from the dress of the Highlanders assumed by him, Fms. vii; harðbeinn, hard-legged, cognom., Ld.; mjóbeinn, tape-legged, a nickname, Landn.; Kolbeinn, pr. name, black-legged; hvítbeinn, white-legged, pr. name, Landn., etc.2.m. ebony, Edda (Gl.), v. basinn. -
3 fót-heill
adj. ‘hale-legged,’ sound-legged, Gþl. 87. -
4 fót-lágr
adj. low-legged, short-legged, Þjal. 29. -
5 há-beinn
and há-beinóttr, adj. high-legged, long-legged, Ísl. ii. 194, v. l. -
6 inn-skeifr
adj. ‘in-legged,’ bandy-legged, Lat. varus; opp. to útskeifr. -
7 KLJÚFA
* * *(klýf; klauf, klufum; klofinn), v. to cleave, split (hann hjó þegar í skjöld Hrúts ok klauf allan niðr); skammt upp klofinn, having a short fork, short-legged.* * *prts. klýf; pret. klauf, klauft (klaufst), klauf, pl. klufu; subj. klyfi; part. klofinn; [A. S. cleôfan; Engl cleave; O. H. G. chlioban; mid. H. G. klieben; Dan. klöve; Swed. klyfva]:—to cleave, split; hann hjó á skjöld Rúts ok klauf allan niðr, Nj. 95; elda er rétt at göra ok k. torf til, K. Þ. K. 88; ætluðu at flá hann kvikan ok klufu svörðinn í höfðinu, Fms. vii. 227; era sem kolvið kljúfi, karl sá er vegr at jarli, viii. (in a verse); eða ek klyf þik í herðar niðr, Nj. 185; kom í höfuðit ok klauf ofan í jaxlana, 144; skildir ‘ro klofnir, cloven, cleft, Vsp. 46: metaph. to split, ek klýf ór þessum sex greinir ins fjórða tigar, Skálda 162.II. reflex., þar at sem björgin kljúfask, are cleft, branch out, Finnb. 242.2. recipr., þó at þeir klyfisk í herðar niðr, Fas. i. 404.3. part. klofinn, as adj. cloven; langt upp klofinn, i. e. long-legged, Bárð. 165. -
8 VÍXL
n., only in the phrase, á víxl1) passing by one another in opposite directions (bryggjur svá breiðar, at aka mátti vögnum á, v.);2) across; standa á v. fótunum, to stand cross-legged.* * *n. [A. S. wrixl; cp. Germ. wechseln; Dan. væxel; cp. Lat. vices]:—only in the adverbial phrase, á víxl, across, passing by one another; standa á víxl fótunum, to stand cross-legged, Sturl. ii. 158; aka vögnum á víxl, Fms. iv. 49; þeir riðusk á víxl, Fs. 159; þá er hestarnir runnusk á víxl, Mag. 8; hann lét leiða tvá yxn saman á víxl (saman á víxl, v. l.), two oxen with heads crossing one another, Eg. 181. -
9 fótlágr
a. low-legged, short-legged. -
10 hábeinn
a. high-legged, long-legged. -
11 ber-beinn
adj. bare-legged, Fms. vii. 63, Harbl. 5. -
12 ber-fættr
adj. bare-footed, bare-legged, Bs. i. 83, Hkr. ii. 259, Fms. vii. 63, x. 331.COMPD: berfættubræðr. -
13 ber-leggjaðr
and berleggr, adj. bare-legged, Fms. vii. 63, x. 415. -
14 BRÓK
(-ar, pl. brœkr), f.1) one leg of a pair of breeches (ok lét hann leika laust knéit í brókinni);2) breeches (but the pl. ‘brœkr’ is more common); vera í brókum, to wear breeches; gyrðr í brœkr, with breeches girt over one’s underclothing.* * *pl. brækr, [Lat. braca, only in pl.]; this word is of Celtic origin, and identical with the Gaelic braecan = tartan:I. tartan or party-coloured cloth, from Gaelic breac = versicolor. Roman writers oppose the Celtic ‘braca’ to the Roman ‘toga;’ Gallia Bracata, Tartan Gaul, and Gallia Togata; ‘versicolore sagulo, bracas, tegmen barbarum indutus,’ Tac. Hist. 2, 20, where it exactly answers to the Scot. tartan, the national dress of Celts; a similar sense remains in the Icel. names lang-brók, a surname to a lady because of her tall stature, Nj., Landn.; há-brók, the poët. name of the hawk, from his chequered plumage (?), Gm. 44; loð-brók, the name of the famous mythical Danish king, shaggy coat, though the reason for the name is otherwise given in Ragn. S. ch. I; the name of the Danish flag of war Dannebrog, qs. Dana-brók, pannus Danicus.II. breeches. Scot. breeks, the sing. denoting one leg; fótinn ok brókina, Eb. 242; ok let hann leika laust knæt í brókinni, Fms. vii. 170: pl. skyrtu gyrða í brækr, Háv. 39, Ld. 136, Stj. 63. Gen. ix. 22, Fbr. 160, Fms. xi. 150, Vápn. 4; leista-brækr, breeches with the socks fixed to them. Eb. l. c.; blárendar ( blue-striped) brækr, Nj. 184; the lesser outlawry might be inflicted by law on a woman wearing breeches, v. the curious passage in Ld. l. c. ch. 35; the passage, berbeinn þú stendr ok hefir brautingja görvi, þatkiþú hafir brækr þínar, bare-legged thou standest, in beggarly attire, without even thy breeches on, Hbl. 6—the poet probably knew the Highland dress; cp. also the story of king Magnús of Norway (died A. D. 1103); hann hafði mjök þá siðu um klæða búnað, sem títt var í Vestrlöndum (viz. Scotland), ok margir hans menn, at þeir gengu berleggjaðir, höfðu stutta kyrtla ok svá yfirhafnir, ok kölluðu margir menn hann Berbein eðr Berfætt, Fms. vii. 63: proverbs, barnið vex, en brókin ekki, the bairn grows, but the breeks not, advice to mothers making the first pair of breeks for a boy, not to make them too tight; þetta verðr aldri barn í brók, this will never be a bairn in breeks, i. e. this will never do.COMPDS: brókabelti, brókavaðmál, brókarsótt. -
15 digr-beinn
adj. big-legged, Fms. iv. 28. -
16 ein-fætingr
m. a one-legged man, Rb. 344, cp. Þorf. Karl. 432. -
17 ein-fættr
adj. one-legged, Grett. 87. -
18 fót-brotinn
part. broken-legged, Bs. i. 423, Stj. 279, Eb. 316. -
19 fót-hár
adj. long-legged, high-stepping. Eg. 710. -
20 fót-hrumr
adj. weak-legged (from age), Fms. vii. 9, Bs. ii. 24.
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