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1 aleyða
I)(-dda, -ddr), v. to lay totally waste, devastate.f. devastation; gera aleyðu, to turn into a wilderness.a. indecl. altogether waste, empty, void of people (þar var aleyða at mönnum);hann brennir ok gerir aleyða landit, makes the land an utter waste. -
2 al-eyða
1.n, f. devastation, esp. by fire and sword; göra aleyðu, to turn into a wilderness, Fms. xi. 42, Hkr. iii. 141.2.adj. ind. altogether waste, empty, void of people; a. af mönnum, Hkr. i. 98, ii. 197; brennir ok görir a. landit, burns and makes the land an utter waste, Hkr. i. 39; sumir lágu úti á fjöllum, svá at a. vóru bæirnir eptir, some lay out on the fells, so that the dwellings were utterly empty and wasted behind them, Sturl. iii. 75.3.dd, to devastate, Karl. 370.
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