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1 vökvi
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2 vökva
* * *I)(gen. vöku), f. moisture, humidity.(að), v.1) to moisten, water (v. landit, pálmviðinn);* * *u, f., gen. vöku, moisture, juice; vökva reyfisins, Stj. 397; vökva ok úhreinindi, MS. 677. 22; jarðligrar vöku, 415. 5; (sólin) slær ofan vöku sinni … skýtr tunglit sinni vöku á hafit. 732. 1, 4; af hafsins vökum ok vætum, Stj. 18; kviðr tekr við veku sem sær við vötnum, Eluc. 19; en sumt féll á hellu ok þornaði, því at þat fékk enga vækku (sic), Hom. 67.COMPDS: vökumikill, vökusamr, vökuskortr. -
3 AGI
* * *m.1) awe, terror (þá skelfr jörð óll í aga miklum);2) uproar, turbulence (agi ok úfriðr);3) discipline, constraint.* * *I. gener. awe, terror; þá skelfr jörð öll í aga miklum, then all the earth quakes in great awe, Hom. 100; agi ok ótti, awe and terror, Fms. vi. 442.β. metaph. turbulence, uproar, disorder, esp. in the phrase, agi ok úfriðr, uproar and war, Fms. ii. 241, vi. 298, 430.γ. awe, respect; var eigi sá annarr konungr, er mönnum stæði af jafnmikill agi af fyrir vizku sakir, there was not another king who inspired his men with so much awe for his wits’ sake, Fms. x. 406; Guðs a., fear of God, Sks. 354, 667. δ. discipline, constraint, now freq. in this sense; í æskunni meðan hann er undir aga, Sks. 26.II. moisture, wet, now freq., cp. vatnsagi. Also a verb aga, að, to chastise, is now freq.COMPDS: agasamligr, agasamr. -
4 vátka
u, f. wetness, moisture, Rb. 442. -
5 vekka
u, f. = vökvi, a fluid, moisture, Hom. 68; kviðr tekr við vekku sem sær við vötnum, Eluc. 61. -
6 vöku-skortr
m. a lack of moisture, Stj. 291. -
7 VÖKVA
* * *I)(gen. vöku), f. moisture, humidity.(að), v.1) to moisten, water (v. landit, pálmviðinn);* * *að, to moisten, water; áin Nilus vökvar þat ok frjóvar meðr sinni döggvan, Stj. 77; vökva mun hann fót sinn í viðsmjörvi, 348; gróðrseti ok veykvi, fági ok prýði, 677. 10, freq. in mod. usage; vökva sig, to water oneself, to drink, slake one’s thirst.2. vökva sér blóð, to make blood flow. Fas. iii. 376; see vekja. -
8 vökuskortr
m. want of moisture.
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