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1 (hvítt) barkarkjöt
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2 megur, kjarni
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3 mergur
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4 KJARKR
m. vigour, pith, energy.* * *m. vigour, pith, energy; ór þér er barðr kjarkr allr, Fb. ii. 189; gat hann þá talit kjark í Berg rindil, Bs. i. 808; þat segi þér at mér fylgi engi kjarkr, Fagrsk. 176; telja knell ok kjark (kirk, MS.) í þá, 655 xxvii. 24, Bs. i. 654 (in a verse). -
5 mann-tak
n. manhood, pith; það er manntak í e-m, there is pith in him, Grett. 136 A. manntaks-semi, f. energy. -
6 VEIG
(pl. -ar), f.1) strong beverage, drink (hann skal drekka dýrar veigar);2) pith, strength (fór þat líð aptr, er honum, þótti minni veig í).* * *f., pl. veigar, [A. S. wæge; Hel. wêgi], a kind of strong beverage, drink; öl heitir með mönnum … kalla veig Vanir, Alm. 35; dýrar veigar, Hdl. 49, Hkv. 2. 44; skírar veigar, Vtkv. 7; fagrar veigar, Fas. i. 494 (in a verse); kná-at sú veig vanask, Gm. 25; Fjölnis veig, the drink of F., i. e. poetry, Kormak; Dvalins veig, id.; bjór-veig, a draught of beer, Hým. 8.2. metaph. pith, strength, gist; in the popular phrase, það er engin veig í honum (mod. veigr); spyrr Oddr hvar hann vísi honum til þess víkings er nokkur veig sé í, Fas. ii. 522; fór þat lið aptr er honum þótti minni veig í, Fms. iv. 350, v. l. (fylgð, Ó. H. 159, l. c.)II. in pr. names of women, Gull-veig (Vsp.), Þór-veig, Sól-veig, Álm-veig (Hdl.), Mjað-veig (Maurer’s Volks.) -
7 ÞREK
n., poet., pith, strength, courage, daring (eigi hófum ver þrek til at berjast við Þorstein) hafa þrek við e-m, to be a match for.* * *n., in poets þrekr, m.; meiri varð þinn þrekr en þeira, … sinn þrek, … þú hefir vandan þik dýrum þrek, … minna þrek (dat.), Ó. H. (in a verse, see Lex. Poët.); slíkan þrek, Jd. 11; jöfnum þrek, Fms. vi. 423; þann muntú þrek drýgja, Hbl.; eljun, þrekr, nenning, Edda 109; mikill þrekr ok afl, Sks. 159 new Ed.:—pith, strength, courage, fortitude, eigi höfum vér þrek til at berjask við Þorstein, Korm. 236; um röskvan mann þann er vel væri at þreki búinn, Fms. vii. 227 (here it is evidently neut., for if masc. it would drop the i); ef þú hefir eigi þrek til, courage, Nj. 31; hafa þrek ok hugborð til e-s, Fms. vii. 143; hafa þrek við e-m, to be a match for, Fs. 125, Fbr. 111 new Ed.COMPDS: þrekförlaðr, þreklauss, þrekleysi, þrekliga, þrekligr, þreklyndr, þrekmaðr, þrekmikill, þreknenninn, þrekramr, þreksamr, þrekstjarna, þrekstórr, þrekvirki. -
8 ÁLL
* * *(-s, -ar), m.1) eel;2) a deep narrow channel in sea or river (eru nú þeir einir álar til lands, er ek get vaðit);3) germ, sprout of a plant.* * *m.I. an eel, Lat. anguilla, Km. 236, Edda (Gl.), 655 xxx. 2, Stj. 69.II. a deep narrow channel in sea or river; eru nú þeir einir alar til lands er ek get vaðit, Fms. iii. 60; þeir lögðu út á álinn (in a harbour) ok lágu þar um strengi, Sturl. i. 224; djúpir eru Islands alar, of the channel of the Atlantic between Norway and Iceland, a proverb touching the giantess who tried to wade from Norway to Iceland, Ísl. Þjóðs.III. in names of horses, or adjectives denoting the colour of a horse, ‘ál’ means a coloured stripe along the back, e. g. in mó-ál-óttr, brown striped, bleik-ál-óttr, yellow striped; Kingála and Bleikálingr are names of horses, referring to their colour.IV. a sort of seed, Edda (Gl.); cp. Ivar Aasen, aal, a sprout, and aala, aal-renne, to sprout, of potatoes.V. the pith of a tree; ok haft þar til álinn úr eikitrjám = το μέλαν δρυος ἀμφικεάσσας, Od. xiv. 12 (Dr. Egilsson).COMPDS: álafiski, álagarðr, álaveiðr, álavirki. -
9 krellr
m. pith, spirit, hardihood (engi krellr er í yðr).* * * -
10 MERGR
(gen. -jar), m. marrow.* * *m., gen. mergjar, dat. merg, but mergi, Ls. 43; pl. mergir; [A. S. mearg; Scot. mergh; Engl. marrow; Germ. mark; Dan. marv]:—marrow, Edda 28, Grág. ii. 91; frost og fjúk. er fast á búk frosinn mergr úr beinum, a ditty, passim.2. metaph. pith; mergr ritninganna, Mar.; af mergjum hjartans, id.; þat er m. málsins, þat er enginn m. í því, and the like.COMPDS: merglauss, mergleysi, mergruni. -
11 past
* * *n. [Lat. pastus; Fr. pâte?], a feast; in the phrase, liggja á pasti, of a wild beast, to be sucking the blood out of the prey; the Landn. 235 has liggja á fasti, see fastr: gleðinnar past, Lil. 90; hyggju past, Krosskv.II. pastr, n. animal vigour; það er ekkert pastr í honum, there is no pith in him. pastrs-lauss, adj. pithless, feeble, e. g. of children suffering from atrophy. -
12 stálpi
a, m. pith, strength, esp. of the young: as a nickname, Fms. ix. 26. -
13 táp
* * *n. [perh. akin to Germ. tapfer], pith, pluck; það er svo lítið táp í honum.COMPDS: táplauss, tápmaðr, tápmikill. -
14 þrótt-lítill
adj. of little pith. -
15 manntak
n. manhood, pith. -
16 þrekr
m., pith, strength, courage, daring (eigi hófum ver þrek til at berjast við Þorstein) hafa þrek við e-m, to be a match for; mikill þrekr ok afl.
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