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1 òétta, herîa
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2 herîa sultarólina
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3 þrøngva
(-ða, -ðr), v.1) to press on one (þrøngva e-m); with acc., hann tók at þrøngva mik mjók, he took and pressed me hard;2) to straiten, tighten (þrøngva kosti e-s); impers., er Ribbungar sá, at alla vega þrøngði kosti þeira, that on all sides their means were straitened;3) þrøngva e-m til e-s, to force one to a thing; þrøngva e-m undir sik, to subdue one by force; þrøngva e-t út af e-m, to extort from one;4) refl., þrøngvast, to throng, press forward (þeir réðust í móti ok þrøngðust at vaðinu); loftit þrøngvist ok þykknar, the air waxes close and thickens.
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