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1 dvöl
* * *I)(gen. dvalar, pl. dvalar or dvalir), f.1) short stay, stop; delay; eiga skamma dvöl, to make a short stay; meðan þessi dvöl (pause) var; bera til dvala, to cause delay;2) in prosody, quantity.n. pl. delay; svá at engi skulu dvöl á vera, without delay; urðu dvöl dœgra, her life was prolonged.* * *f., gen. dvalar, old pl. dvalar, mod. dvalir, [cp. ‘dwelling’ = delay, Engl. Ballads]α. a short stay, stop; dvalir ok náttstaði, Stj. 294; eiga dvöl, to stop, Nj. 181; afhvarf manna ok dvalar (acc. pl.), Ld. 204; meðan þessi dvöl ( pause) var, Fms. xi. 135: delay, iv. 179; bera til dvala, to cause delay, Fas. iii. 543:—used once as neut. pl., urðu dvöl dægra, Am. 102.β. gramm. quantity, Skálda 175. -
2 LOTA
* * *f.1) round, bout, turn (síðan glíma þeir þrjár lotur);2) lotum, as adv. by fits and starts, from time to time (en lotum horfði hann á).* * *u, f. a round, bout, continuous effort, without stopping to take breath, or pause, in a fight, races, or the like; vóru góð vígin þar til er gengnar vóru ellefu lotur, Rd. 299; síðan glíma þeir þrjár lotur, Finnb. 318; gengr Ingólfs hestr betr í öllum lotum, Glúm. 356; þessir menn görðu svá harða lotu, at hverr þeirra hefir fyrir sik mann eða meirr, Fas. ii. 533; gengusk þeir at fast, görðu langa lotu, ok féll Jökull á kné, Finnb. 328; en er eptir Steingríms-lotan, var þá veitt allhörð atsókn, en Steingrímr varðisk alldrengiliga ok féll þar, Sturl. ii. 60; þykki þér eigi hörð lota gengit hafa, mágr? 53; þóttisk Teitr hafa haft hann ærit lengi í lotu, i. 148 (ltu C).II. lotum, adverb. by fits and starts; en lotum ( from time to time) horfði hann á, Eg. 172, v. l.; litr hans var stundum rauðr, en stundum blár, en lotum var hann bleikr, Fas. ii. 285; hón reis upp ór rekkju lotum, Bs. i. 353. The word still remains in the mod. phrase, í stryklötu, in one start, without rest or breath; hlaupa í einni stryklötu.
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