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1 HERÐA
I)(-rða, -rðr), v.1) to make hard, temper (herða járn, sverð);2) to press, clench; herða hendr (knúa) at e-u, to clench with the hands (fists); fig., herða atgöngu, to make the attack harder;3) to make firm, exhort; herða huginn, herða sik, to take heart, exert oneself;4) absol. to follow closely, pursue vigorously (Birkibeinar herðu eptir þeim); herða áfram, to push on; herða at (e-m) to press hard (upon one);5) impers. to become hard; veðr (acc.) herði, it blew up a gale; herði seglit, the sail was strained hard (by the gale);6) refl. to take heart (bað konungr menn vel við herðast).f.2) hardness, severity.* * *ð, mod. herti, [harðr; Ulf. ga-hardjan; Engl. harden]:—to harden:1. of iron, to temper; h. járn, sverð, kníf, ljá …, Nj. 203; þegar járnsmiðr herðir stóra bolöxi eðr handöxi, og bregðr henni í kalt vatn, Od. ix. 392.2. phrases, herða knúa, hendr, at e-u, to clench the fist, Fms. vi. 106, Edda 28.3. to fasten, tie fast; þeir herða þá seglit með sterku bandi, Fas. iii. 652; herða á, to bind tighter, or metaph. to push on.II. metaph.,1. to exhort, cheer; hann talaði langt, ok herði alla í ákafa, and bade them be of good comfort, Sturl. iii. 33; herða hjörtu sín, to make one’s heart firm, Stj. 437; herði hann þá huginn, Eg. 407, Fb. ii. 322; h. sik, to take heart, Nj. 103: to work briskly, hertú þig þá, mannskræfan, segir Stórólfr, Fb. i. 523: to harden, in a bad sense, Stj. 639.2. absol. to follow closely, pursue vigorously; Birkibeinar sá þá, ok herðu eptir þeim, Fms. ix. 15; herðu þeir Kolbeins-menn á þá, Sturl. iii. 33; skulum vér víst herða áfram. push on, Fms. xi. 256; en er Ormr herti fast at, but as O. insisted, pressed hard, Fb. i. 523; herðu þeir þá biskupar báðir at Gizuri, Fms. x. 59; herðu bændr at konungi ok báðu hann blóta, Hkr. i. 144; Þorkell herðir nú á Guðríði, en hón kvaðsk göra mundu sem hann beiddi, Þorf. Karl. 378; tók þá sótt at herða at honum, Fms. x. 73.III. impers. to become hard; veðr (acc.) herti, it blew up a gale; herti seglit (acc.), the sail was strained hard by the gale, Fas. iii. 652; svörð tekr heldr at herða, Fs. (in a verse).IV. reflex. to take heart; bað konungr menn vel við herðask, Fms. viii. 34; er þó einsætt at menn herðisk við sem bezt, xi. 137. -
2 snæfr
(acc. -ran), a.1) tight, narrow (snæfrir kyrtlar);2) tough, vigorous (snæfrir vinir).* * *adj., the r is radical, [Norse snæv; Dan. snæver], tight, narrow; höfðu þeir kyrtla styttri ok snæfrari en hjörtu betri. Fms. viii. 336.II. metaph. tough, vigorous; snæfrir vinir, Fms. ix. 440 (in a verse); hér var snæfrt um siglu, a close, tough, tight tug, Fas. ii. 76 (in a verse); ok hafði hann eigi verit snærri (= snæfri), he had never been ‘tighter,’ more hale and hearty than then, Sturl. i. 150.
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