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1) (gen. -jar, pl. -jar), f. meadow, meadow-land (hann villtist í enginni); pl. outlying grass-fields.2) n. meadow, meadow-land (tún ok eng; akr ok engi).* * *f., pl. engjar, (spelt æng, O. H. L.), [Dan. eng; Swed. äng; A. S. ing, found in local names in North. E., as Ings, Broad Ing]:—a meadow; opp. to akr, in the allit. phrase, akr né eng, Grág. i. 407, Hrafn. 21, Gþl. 136, 360, K. Þ. K. 90; í enginni, Stj. 193; veitti hann lækinn á eng sína, Landn. 145; hálfs mánaðar eng, half a month’s meadow-land, Dipl. ii. 12: in pl. engjar is in Icel. used of the outlying lands, opp. to tún, the home-field, and hagi, the pasturage, vide Grett. ch. 50; engjar manna, Grág. ii. 264: þótt fé gangi í engjar, 233: used in many COMPDS: engjabrigð, engjagrasnautn, engjahey, engjamerki, engjarós, engjaskipti, engjasláttr, engjavinna, engjaverk, engjavöxtr.
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