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1 notalegur
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2 òokkalegur
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3 fagr-ligr
adj., mod. contracted fallegr (cp. fallega above), which word is at the present time in Icel. used very much as fine, nice are in Engl., that is to say, of almost everything, whereas this form is hardly found in old writers:—fair, fine, Vtkv. 6; f. penningar, fine money, Fs. 6; f. skrúði, a fine dress, Stj. 142; f. sigr, Fms. x. 231; f. hljóðan, sweet tunes, Bs. i. 155. -
4 HALI
* * *m. tail; leika (veifast um) lausum hala, to play with a loose tail, to be unrestrained; bera brattan halann, to cock up the tail, to be proud; draga eptir sér halann, to drag the tail, to play the coward.* * *a, m. [Dan. hale, cp. Lat. cauda], a tail; kýr-hali, a cow’s tail; nauts-h., ljóns-h., etc.; skauf-hali, reynard, a fox, whence Skaufhala-bálkr, the name of an old poem, an Icel. Reineke Fuchs. Icel. use hali properly of cattle, and lions, wolves, bears; tagl of horses (of the hair, but stertr of a caudal vertebra); rófa of cats, dogs; skott of a fox; sporðr of a fish; stél or véli of birds; dyndill of seals. The old writers do not make these nice distinctions, and use hali of a horse and tagl of a cow, which a mod. Icel. would not do; hylr öll kykvendi hár eðr hali, Sks. 504: in Gþl. 398 of cattle, cp. N. G. L. i. 24; ef maðr höggr hala af hrossi svá at af rófu fylgir, Gþl. 399; ef maðr höggr hala af hrossi fyrir neðan rófu, id.; nú skerr maðr tagl af nautum, id.; eru þeir í málum mestir sem refr í halanum, Fms. viii. 350; ef maðr skerr af hrossi manns tögl, þá gjaldi aura þrjá; en ef hala höggr af, þá skal meta hross, N. G. L. i. 228; ok svá ef hann höggr hala af hrossi svá at rófa fylgir, id.: of a lion’s tail, Stj. 71.2. phrases, nú er úlfs hali einn á króki, a wolf’s tail is all that is left, Band. (in a verse),—a proverb from the notion that wild beasts devour one another so that only the tail is left, cp. etask af ulfs-munni, vide eta: leika lausum hala, to play with a free tail, to be unrestrained, Ls. 50; veifask um lausum hala, id., Sturl. iii. 30; bretta halann, or bera brattan halann, to lift the tail, cock up the tail, to be vain or haughty, Hkv. Hjörv. 20; en ef eigi er unnit, þá muntú reyna hvárr halann sinn berr brattara þaðan í frá, Ísl. ii. 330; sé ek at þú heldr nokkru rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu áðan, Ölk. 36; draga halann, to drag the tail, sneak awav, play the coward; dregr melrakkinn eptir sér halann sinn nú—Svá er segir hann, at ek dreg eptir mér halann minn, ok berr ek lítt upp eðr ekki, en þess varir mik at þú dragir þinn hala mjök lengi áðr þú hefnir Halls bróður þíns, Ísl. ii. 329; sveigja halann, id., Hkv. Hjörv. 21; (cp. Ital. codardo, whence Engl. coward): spjóts-hali, the butt-end of a spear, Eg. 289, Ld. 132, Hkr. iii. 159; snældu-hali, a staff’s end.II. metaph. a train, the rear of a host; skammr er orðinn hali okkarr, we have a short train, few followers, Sturl. (in a verse).COMPDS: halaferð, halarófa, halastjarna, halatafl.III. a nickname, Fb. iii. -
5 hnjóskr
m. touchwood, = fnjóskr.* * * -
6 LJÚFR
a.1) beloved, dear (l. e-m);2) mild, gentle (hann var l. ok lítillátr við alla);3) ljúft ok leitt, pleasant and unpleasant, weal and woe.* * *adj., ljúíari, ljúfastr. [Ulf. liubs = ἀγαπητός; A. S. leôf; Old Engl. lef; provinc. Engl. lief; O. H. G. liub; Germ. lieb]:—dear, beloved; Guði ljúfir, acceptable to God, Hom. 159; allir vildu svá sitja ok standa sem honum var ljúfast, Bs. i. (Laur. S.); líttú á ljúfan, Gkv. 1. 13; hinn ljúfi lávarðr, Fms. v. 148, Fsm. 50; sinn ljúfa búanda, Þiðr. 308, 318; ljúfa lávarð, Fb. ii. 385: in addressing one, heyr minn ljúfi Írungr! 329; sæll ok ljúfr, Sigurðr minn, Skíða R. 185: in mod. usage as subst., ljúfi, my love! or ljúfrinn minn!2. mild, gentle, kind; hann var ljúfr ok lítillátr við alla, Bs. i. 76; and so in mod. usage, cp. ljúfmenni.3. allit., ljúfr ok leiðr, opt sparir leiðum þats heftr ljúfum hugat, Hm. 39; ljúfr verðr leiðr, ef lengi sitr annars fletjum á, 34; ljúft ok leitt (mid. H. G. liep unde leit), nice and nasty, weal and woe, Fms. viii. 48, Orkn. 284; at ljúfu ok at leiðu, N. G. L. i. 50; gegna jafnt ljúfu sem leiðu, 51; ljúft sem leitt, weal and woe, Js. 76.II. as a pr. name, Ljúfa, whence Ljúfu-staðir in western Iceland. -
7 notin-virkr
adj. doing a nice work. -
8 tæri-látr
adj. cleanly, nice, esp. as to eating. -
9 veðr-vandr
adj. nice as to weather, Bjarn. 54. -
10 þokka-ligr
adj. (-liga, adv.), [Dan. tækkelig], well-favoured, also clean, nice. -
11 veðrvandr
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