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1 SPELL
n. flaw, damage, = spjall.* * *n. pl. [A. S. spell], a flaw, damage; ábyrgjask landit við öllum spellum til fardaga, Grág. ii. 216; ábyrgjask e-t við spellum við kaupanda, 249; áðr menn sjá at með spellum ferr, N. G. L. i. 54: a flaw, fault, allmikil spell, Fms. viii. 53, v. l.: a breach, frændsemis-spell, sifja-spell, sakar-spell, etc. spella-lauss, adj. faultless, N. G. L. i. 232. -
2 spell-reið
f. the damaging a horse by overriding him, Grág. i. 435. -
3 spell-verk
n. a misdeed, the doing damage, Grág. ii. 327. -
4 spell-virki
1.n. mischief-working, damage; verða sekr (fjörbaugs maðr) um s., Grág. i. 88, 129, Gþl. 241; göra spjallvirki eða rán búum, Grág.; höggva bú eðr taka aðra vist en göra eigi annat spellvirki, id.; göra skaða ok spjöllvirki, Eg. 196; nú höggr maðr í borð skipi manns framan eðr aptan, þat er s., N. G. L. i. 46.2.a, m. (-virkjar), a mischief-worker, highwayman, Nj. 183, Fms. ii. 83; hugðu þeir at spellvirkjar mundu vera, i. 226, Fs. 6; björn gengr um eyna ok er sá inn mesti s., Eg. 375; spellvirkja bæli, a robber’s den, Fms. ii. 81, Matth. xxi. 13. -
5 spell-virkni
n. the doing damage, Grág. ii. 327, Fbr. 99 new Ed. -
6 beina-spell
n. spoiling of the comfort of the guests, Bs. i. 313, Sturl. i. 22. -
7 for-spell
n. a heavy loss, Gkv. 1. 3, Fagrsk. 173 (in a verse). -
8 frændsemis-spell
n. breach of kinship, incest, Grág. i. 341, Gþl. 242. -
9 gleði-spell
n. a kill-joy, Mag. -
10 grið-spell
n. pl. breach of truce, N. G. L. i. 254. -
11 jarðar-spell
n. damage of land, Rd. 274, Gþl. 311. -
12 Kristni-spell
n. breach, profanation of Christianity, Valla L. 209, Fms. i. 26. -
13 mann-spell
n. destruction of life, Eg. 278, Orkn. 108, Fms. viii. 351. -
14 ráð-spell
n. dishonour, of a married woman, Gþl. 203, 229. -
15 reiða-spell
n. damage to the rigging, Jb. 397 C. -
16 sakar-spell
n. ‘suit-spoil,’ mispleading, by which a suit may be spoiled or lost, Grág. i. 40, Nj. 235. -
17 skógar-spell
n. damage done to a wood, Vm. 153. -
18 sóma-spell
n. lack of property, Sks. 338. -
19 sæmdar-spell
n. dishonour, Sks. 775. -
20 veiði-spell
n. a spoiling the catch; göra v., Gþl. 428.
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