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m. (Lat.), the Ides of a month, Fms. iii. 11.
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see íþrótt.
m. sea-urchin.
m. [Gr. εχινος; Lat. echinus; A. S. îl; Germ. igel], a sea-urchin, echinus esculentus, Eggert Itin. 612: also called ígul-ker, n. from its ball-formed shape. ígul-köttr, m. a hedgehog, Art.: a kind of war engine, Sks. 418.
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a, m., poët. a bear, = júgtanni, q. v.
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adj. full of care, Mar.; hugsjúkr ok í., Fms. x. 25, viii. 25.
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adj. worthy of consideration, doubtful, Valla L. 236.
m. squirrel.
a, m. a squirrel. This word is undoubtedly, as Grimm suggests (s. v. eichhorn), not of Teut. origin, but a popular corruption of the Gr. σκί-ουρος (= shade-tail), from which word all mod. European languages have borrowed the name of this animal; A. S. âcvern; early Dutch êncoren; Dutch eekhoren, eikhoren, inkhoren; O. H. G., mid. H. G., and Germ. eichorne, eichorn; Dan. egern; Swed. ickorn, ekorre: in the Romance languages, old Fr. escuriere; Fr. ecureuil; Ital. schiriuolo; whence Engl. squirrel. The word íkorni occurs in the heathen poem Gm., but the word is outside the metre, spoiling the flow of the verse, and was no doubt added afterwards; therefore, instead of ‘Rata-töskr heitir íkorni | er renna skal,’ read ‘Rata-töskr heitir | er renna skal.’ Perhaps the ancient Scandin. name of the animal was töskr, akin to Engl. tusk, A. S. tux, from its sharp teeth, and then Rati (= the climber?) would in the verse be the pr. name, töskr the appellative of that animal; and thus Rata-töskr would stand for Ratitöskr = Rati the squirrel; see also Edda, Ó. H. 85, Sks. 115, Gþl. 448.
(compar. verr, superl. verst), adv. badly, ill; líka i., to dislike.
1. d, to harm one; íllir engi maðr farar hans, N. G. L. i. 32.
2. adv., compar. verr, superl. verst (see verr), badly, ill; líka ílla, to like ill, dislike, Hkr. ii. 138; þeir kváðu sér við Örn verst líka, Landn. 287; kurra ílla, to grumble sorely, Fms. vii. 151; heyra, sjá ílla, to bear, see badly, Fb. ii. 171; var hann ílla til frænda sinna, he behaved ill to his kinsmen, Nj. 38; ílla Kristinn, an ill Christian, Fms. vii. 151; ílla ært, a bad year, Nj. 10; það er ílla farið, it is a great pity; ílla heill, in ill health, Hm. 68; ílla ok úmannliga, Fb. i. 280.
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or íllindi, n. pl. spite; til áleitni eðr íllenda, Fb. iii. 248; en er Brandr varð varr við flimtan þeirra, bað hann þá eigi fara með slík íllendi, Sturl. iii. 80; vera hér við íllindi (Ed. íll-lyndi) sona þinna, Fs. 34; at sjá þik í íllindum (in troubles) ok erfiðis-munum, Fb. i. 280.
2. medic. gangrene; þat sár greri ílla svá at blástr hljóp ok íllendi í, Þórð. (Ed. 1860) 96.
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m. a gang of rogues, Fms. viii. 232.
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m. an evil-doer, of thieves, robbers, Eb. 300, Fms. i. 43, N. T., Vídal.
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adj. (-semi, f.), evil-doing, Fms. xi. 90.
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f. evil, calamity; nauð ok í., Fms. x. 399, O. H. L. 61.
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m. a bad man. íllinga-seta, u, f. a set of rogues, Bs. i. 142.
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adv. hideously; láta í., Fms. vii. 102; grenja í., Grett. 101 A.
a. ill-looking, hideous (illilig gaulan).
adj. grim, frowning; íllileg (hideous) gaulan, Ó. H. 135; mikill vexti ok ekki íllilegr, ill-looking, Fb. i. 254; uxi ógurliga stór ok í., 257, 261; svá íllilegr sem genginn sé út ór sjávar-hömrum, Nj. 182; dökkr ok íllilegr í ásjónu, Bs. i. 40; fann hann á fæti hans flekk íllilegan, fullan af eitri, Fms. x. 332.
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m. a man of an ill life, Fb. i. 233.
(compar. verri, superl. verstr), a.
1) ill, evil, bad; illr maðr, a bad man; ill ráð, evil counsel; illum huga, with evil intent; illu feginn ver þú aldregi, never rejoice at evil; illar álögur, evil, oppressive burden;
2) hard, difficult, with gen.; illr viðr-eignar, ill to deal with;
3) close, mean, stingy (illr af mat).
adj., compar. verri (q. v.), superl. verstr; íllr is still often pronounced with a long vowel, esp. in the forms íllt, ílls, as also íllr and illr, although it is usually in mod. books spelt with i; the long vowel is a remains of the contraction which in the Scandin. languages has taken place in this word: [Ulf. ubils; A. S. yfel; Engl. ill, evil; Hel. ubil; O. H. G. ubil; Germ. übel; Dan. ild; Swed. ill-; in mod. Engl. ill is of Scandin., evil of Saxon origin]:—ill, evil, bad, in a bodily and moral sense: in sayings, íllt er at eiga þræl at einga-vin, Grett. 154; íllt er at eggja óbilgjarnan, or íllt er at eggja íllt skap = πυρ μαχαίρα μη σκαλευειν; erat maðr svá íllr at einugi dugi, Hm. 134; fátt er svo fyrir öllu íllt, að ekki boði nokkuð gott, = ‘tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good; ílla gefask íll ráð, Nj. 20; opt stendr íllt af kvenna tali, Gísl. 15; opt hlýtr íllt af íllum (or íllt má af íllum hljóta), Ísl. ii. 151; frest eru ílls bezt, Fms. v. 294.
2. ill, bad, of quality, capacity; íllr búþegn, a bad farmer, Fms. i. 69; íllr hestr, a bad horse, Þiðr. …
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m. an evil-doer, criminal, Sturl. i. 137, Fms. iii. 155, Fs. 20.
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u, f. ill will, wickedness, cruelty, Fms. x. 304, xi. 445, Fb. ii. 388, Nj. 82, Js. 27, Hom. 4, 151, Stj. 314, Sks. 606, N. T., Pass., Vídal. passim: as also fury, rage, það er íllska í honum: íllsku-fullr, full of wickedness, Fms. ii. 137; íllsku-limr, a limb of wickedness; íllsku-kraptr, íllsku-íþrótt, 188, 656 B. 1, Hom. 27; íllsku-verk, a wicked work, 14; íllsku-vættr, an evil wight, Str. 43; íllsku-maðr, a wicked, cruel man, Bær. 8; íllsku-þrá, doggedness, Stj. 268: mischief, evil, Fms. i. 184: as also in mod. usage, íllsku-veðr, a fiery gale.
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að, dep. to wax wroth and furious, Fas. iii. 657.
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m. foul-weatber clouds, Sks. 234.
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u, f. an evil crow.
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adj. ill-willed, Bs. i. 45.
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m. an ill-wisher, Sturl. iii. 227.
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adj. (-lega, adv.), like vermin.
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n. = íllþýði, Hkr. i. 36, Fms. vi. 162, ix. 384, v. l.
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n. pl. a bad trick, Hkr. ii. 287, Grett. 111 A.
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n. a wretched home; göra e-m í., Ísl. ii. 141.
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f. pl. and íll-deilur ill-dealings, hostilities, quarrels, Ld. 158, Fms. vii. 144, Nj. 77, Vígl. 29.
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n. an ill beast, noxious animal, Ísl. ii. 300.
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n. mishap, Barl. 115.
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adj. ill-natured, Fms. iii. 143, Grett. 144.
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n. pl. ill doings, evil ways, Bs. i. 279.
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adj. ill-willed, Ld. 258.
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n. an ill bird, noxious bird, Pr. 186.
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part. bent on evil, Nj. 72.
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adj. rough, of a horse, opp. to góðgengr.
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u, f. ‘ill-guess,’ imputation.
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and íll-girni, f. ill-will, ill-nature, wickedness, Fms. vii. 37, Rd. 236, Grág. i. 131, Bs. i. 45.
a. ill-willed, ill-natured, malicious.
adj. ill-willed, ill-natured, wicked, Nj. 38, Hom. 19, Bs. i. 40: superl., Fms. ii. 46, x. 327.
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adj. ill-natured, spiteful, Hom. 19, 53, Sks. 445.
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n. ‘evil-grass,’ tares, Magn. 502, Sks. 549, Barl. 34, N. T., Vídal. passim.
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part. suspected of evil, Mar.; vera íllgrunaðr um e-t, Bs. i. 264.
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u, f. ill-luck, Barl. 55.
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n. ill fare, Barl. 55.
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f., esp. in pl. ill doings, Fms. vi. 291, Sks. 583, Stj.
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m. (see hreysi), a savage, miscreant, Sturl. i. 14, iii. 26.
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n. an evil whale, Fas. iii. 507.
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íll-kykvendi, n. an evil beast, e. g. a snake, toad, etc., 655 xii. 2, A. A. 284.
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adj. slanderous.
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f. calumny.
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adj. lewd, Bs. i. 256.
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f. lewdness, Mag. 129.
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f. ill-treatment, Fms. ii. 185, viii. 41.
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m. an evil life, lewdness, Stj. 386.
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n. a wicked life, Barl. 138, Fms. viii. 54.
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adj. wicked, Þiðr. 69.
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n. an ill temper.
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adj. ill-tempered.
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n. pl. hideous grimaces, Konr.
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adv. wickedly, cruelly; ílla ok í., Fms. v. 265; í. ok grimmliga, Ld. 246, Mar.
a. inhumane, cruel, wicked.
adj. ill-looking, rogue-like, cruel, wicked, Fas. ii. 84, Fms. iii. 116: neut., Mar.: compar., Fas. ii. 534: superl., Nj. 78.
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adj. foul-mouthed, slanderous, Finnb. 280, Háv. 38, Str. 15.
n. wicked (cruel) man.
n. a knave (of thieves and robbers), a wicked, cruel man, Fms. ii. 4, vi. 60, Symb. 59, Nj. 32.
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u, f. wickedness, cruelly, Háv. 44.
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t, with acc., in mod. usage with dat., to libel, slander, talk evil of, Str. 15, Hkr. iii. 262; vera íllmæltr af e-u, to have evil reputation from, Bs. i. 759.
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f. slander, calumny, 623. 30.
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n. a libel, Nj. 183, Lv. 53, Boll. 350, Dropl. 11, Krók. 7.
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adj. ‘ill-worded,’ abusive, Fms. iii. 143, Nj. 66.
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adj. giving wicked counsel, Fms. x. 380.
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adj. wicked, Sturl. iii. 281: a nickname, Fb. iii.
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u, f. bad language, Sks. 25.
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n. evil doings, crime, Fms. x. 390, Róm. 256.
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part. of evil report.
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f. pl., in the phrase, troða íllsakar við e-n, to have a rough fight with one, Nj. 219.
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a, m. the less of two evils; hvárt þykkir þér betr? … þat þykki mér íllskáinn at þú hafir, Band. 21 new Ed.
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superl. the less of two evils; það er íllskátra, íllskást.
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part. ‘ill-shapen,’ i. e. ill-natured, Stj. 43: wroth, Th. 76.
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u, f. a poetaster, Eg., Hkr.; a nickname given to a poet for having stolen the burden of another poem, see Fms. iii. 65.
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f. pl. evil prophecy, croakings, Glúm. 354, Fas. i. 372, Bret. 38.
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adj. ill-looking, Fb. i. 260.
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n. pl. evil tidings, bad news, Sturl. iii. 210.
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f. pl. [tunga], ‘evil tongues,’ slander, Grág. i. 361.
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i. e. Íllhugi, a pr. name, cp. hugr (II).
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f. ill-nature, Vkv. 19, 22.
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adj. evil-boding, Am. 13, Hkm. 15, Fas. i. 192.
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adj. ill-looking, grim, Bárð. 167.
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n. an evil deed, Háv. 38.
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n. bad weather, Fms. i. 275, ix. 233, Rb. 102, Str. 88, Sks. 211.
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a, m. ill-will, Fms. i. 71, vii. 312, xi. 250, Orkn. 264.
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adj. = íllviljaðr, Fagrsk. ch. 272.
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part. ill-willed, Fms. ix. 335, Sks. 160, Barl. 38.
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(pl. -virkjar), m. evil-doer, criminal.
II)
n. evildoing, crime, robbery, ravage.
1. n. a cruel, evil doing, crime, Háv. 38: as a law term, an outrage, done with an evil intention, defined in Grág. i. 130, 131: robbery, ravage, Fms. vii. 18, xi. 57.
2. a, m. an ill-doer, criminal (thief, robber), Grág. i. 130, Greg. 40, Fas. i. 56 (Ed. íllvirkr), Fms. xi. 445, Al. 108.
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a, m. evil-boder, a nickname, Bjarn.: name of certain crags, among which sounds are heard when a storm is coming.
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n. adj. what is not to be stood; þá kom regn svá mikit, at í. var úti, a pelting rain, so that one could hardly stay out-of-doors, Bs. i. 172.
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t, to abuse, speak evil to, Fas. ii. 229, Finnb. 228, Stj. 529.
n. pl. abusive language.
n. pl. foul language, libel, Nj. 64, Boll. 360, Karl. 509.
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n. [ormr], vermin, Fms. x. 380.
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f. = íllúð, Hom. (St.)
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part. intolerable.
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n. a wretched thrall, Am. 59.
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n. [þjóð], a rabble, gang of thieves and robbers, Fms. vii. 8, 16, Bs. i. 142, Hkr. iii. 208, Fb. ii. 349.
n. dust, ashes.
n. [no doubt akin to eim in eimyrja, Engl. embers], dust, ashes, embers; hann hreinsar þat skjótt af, þóat nokkut ím hafi á oss dregit af samneyti annarlegs siðferðis, Fms. ii. 261; hann brennir af oss synda ím, Greg. 19, 46; nú tók ím af honum, at hann var sannr propheta, Fms. x. 392.
f. poet. strife, fight, battle.
u, f. = ím; elds íma, embers, Harms. 39: poët. a she-wolf, from the ember-like colour (?), Edda (Gl.): a giantess, id.
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a, m. (ímarr, ímr, m.), a giant, Edda (Gl.), Vþm. 5: a pr. name, Bs. i.
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or ímu-gustr, m. ‘giants’-gush:’ disgust, in the metaph. phrase, hafa ímigust á e-u, to feel dislike, abhorrence for a thing.
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f., poët. a fight, battle, Lex. Poët., Ól. 33, Hkv. 1. 49.
COMPDS: ímunborð, ímundís, ímunlaukr.
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n. a shield, Vellekla.
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f. a war-goddess, Haustl.
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m. a sword, Eyvind.
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f. name of a giantess.
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adj. dusky, gray-coloured, of a wolf, Lex. Poët.
m. pl. Irishmen, the Irish.
m. pl. Irishmen; Írland, n. Ireland; Íra-konungr, m. the king of the Irish; Írskr, adj. Irish; Írska, u, f. the Irish tongue, Ld. 72, Fs. 78, Bs. i. 227, the Sagas passim.
II. Írland it mikla, Great Ireland, was the name of Southern America, just as Eastern Russia was called Great Sweden.
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að, dep. to be rumoured abroad; mætti ok þá þat írask, at (then it may be that people would say, that) þær eignir fylgði henni þá heiman, er hón átti í Noregi, O. H. L. 30.
m. rumour, gossip (rare).
a. m. gossip, rumour, tattle; höfum vér heyrt nokkurn íra á, hvárt þú sér konungs-son eðr eigi, Fms. ix. 278, v. l., a απ. λεγ., hence prob. the mod. íra-fár, hurly-burly; í mesta írafári.
(að), v. to cover with ice (íss).
að, to ‘ice,’ freeze; þá ísaði þegar sem áðr, Fms. ix. 400; ísaðr, iced, frozen, 386, Rd. 277.
n. iron, = járn.
n. iron; see járn.
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a, m. drifts of ice.
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m. in Denmark and Iceland;
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f. drifts of ice.
m. drifting of ice.
m. drifts of ice, Sks. 192, Grett. 133, Bs. i. 338 (of a river).
a. ice-free.
adj. ice-free, Landn. 26, v. l.
n. pl. formation or layer of ice.
n. pl. layers, strata of ice, Fs.
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n. being tossed about in ice, Sks. 174.
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n. an icy spring, cold spring, Ann. 1319.
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f. an open hole in ice, Sks. 174: in local names,
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f. sleet, Stj. 14.
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f. the Icelanders’ Book, the historical work of Ari, Íb. (pref.), Ó. T. (1853) 33.
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u, f. the old name of the Sturlunga Saga, as opp. to Konunga Sögur or Histories of the Kings, Sturl. i. 107, Bs. i. 589, 591: in mod. usage Íslendinga Sögur means the Lives of Icelanders, recorded in the Index D. ii.
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f. the Icelandic scroll, prob. = the Landnáma, Fb. i. 526.
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m. a section or chapter treating of Iceland, Fms. x. 294.
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or Íslenzk tunga, u, f. the Icelandic tongue.
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adj. Icelandic, passim.
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a, m. [for. word], hyssop, Bær.
(gen. íss, pl. ísar), m. ice; ísa (acc.) leggr á vötn, the lakes (rivers) freeze over; ísa leysir, tekr af vötnum, the ice thaws, breaks up.
m. [A. S. îs; Engl. ice; O. H. G. îs; Germ. eis; Swed. and Dan. is]:—ice; íss is ice on sea and water, svell on a plain or meadow; klaki = frozen ground, etc.; distinction is made between hafíss, drift ice or Polar ice, and lagnaðar-íss, ‘lay-ice,’ common ice; in plur. ísar, of large sheets of ice; en er ísa lagði á vötn, Fms. vii. 54; ísa leysir, the ice thaws, 55; íss var lagðr á Hofstaða-vág, Eb. 236; á ísinum (mod. ísnum), Nj. 143: for sliding, á ísi skríða, Hm. 82; see also ísleggir. Severe winters are marked in the Annals by the extent of frozen water; A. D. 1047 (a sheet of ice between Norway and Denmark), 1306 (ice from Rostock to the Sound), 1126, 1197; Polar ice in Iceland in 1145, 1233 (hafísar allt sumar), 1261 (hafíss umhverfis Ísland), 1275 (kringdi þá hafíss nær um allt Ísland), 1306 (hafíss fyrir norðan land nær allt sumar), 1319 (ísa-vár, hafísar lágu umhverfis Ísland fram um mitt sumar), 1348 (snjóar svá miklir ok íslög at fraus sjóinn umbergis landit, svá at ríða mátti umbergis landit af hverju annesi um alla fjörðu), 1375 (hafísar framan til Bartholomeus-messu), cp. also Vd. ch. 15, Eb. ch. …
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u, f., in ístöðu-lauss, Fas. iii. 548; ístöðu-lítill, adj. who stands but little, delicate, sensitive, esp. of children who cry readily at harsh words; hann er svo ístöðulítill.
n. paunch-fat.
n. = ístra, Þiðr. 341 (v. l.), Hb. (1865) 22.
f. paunch-fat.
u, f. the fat of the paunch, of persons, Stj. 383, Þorf. Karl. 432, Þiðr. 341. ístru-magi, a, m. paunch-belly, a nickname, Fms.
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adj. icy; ísugar bárur, Jd.
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m. an ice-bear (?), a nickname, Sturl. iii. 270.
n. broken ice.
n. broken ice, Fas. ii. 501.
f. edge of an ice-field.
f. the edge of an ice-field, Fms. i. 211, Grág. ii. 386, Jb. 330.
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adj. from Icefjord.
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adj. dub., Bárð. 34 new Ed.
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part. [héla], covered with rime, Sks. 229.
n. ice-breaking.
n. ice breaking, Hkr. iii. 140, Vígl. 26.
a. ice-cold.
adj. ice-cold, Al. 51, Sks. 153.
n. Iceland.
n. Iceland, for the origin of the name see Landn. 30,—hann sá norðr yfir fjöllin fjörð fullan af hafísum, því kölluðu þeir landit Ísland.
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m. pl. ice-legs, shin bones of sheep used for skates, Fms. vii. 120.
(-s, -ar), m. Icelander.
m. an Icelander, Landn. etc. passim.
n. pl. = ísalög.
n. pl. layers of ice, Fs. 26, Eb. 186, Fms. vii. 246, ix. 368, Ld. 286.
f. ground (broken) ice.
f. ground ice, broken ice; sem á ismöl sæi, Fms. vii. 18, xi. 365; var allt at sjá sem á eina ísmöl sæi er vápnin glóuðu, vi. 412.
m. ice-drift.
a, m., and ís-rek, n. an ice-drift, ice-floe, Fms. ix. 350.
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u, f. Italy, passim: Ítalía-land, n. id., Ver. 37, Bret. 108: Ítalskr, adj. Italian.
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adj. fine, glorious; dýrleg ok ítarleg kirkja, Symb. 10; þat hús er bazt hefir verit ok ítarlegast, Ver. 27; ítarleg fæðsla, lordly fare, Greg. 22, 97; þessum enum ítarlega Guðs vín, Clem. 48; allt var ítarlegt um órar ferðir, Am. 91; í. at áliti, Lex. Poët.; í. hilmir, a lordly king, Merl. 2. 34.
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adv. exquisitely; í. búinn, fine dressed, Fms. xi. 85; herbergi í. búin, well furnished, iv. 194; klæðask í., to dress fine, Hom. 98; búa í. um e-t, Ver. 56.
(acc. ítran), a. glorious, excellent.
adj., the r is radical, [this word is hardly to be found in any other Teut. language]:—glorious, excellent, mostly in poets; ítr áliti, beautiful to behold, Sks. 1. 7; ítr konungr, ítr yngvi, a great king, 10, Fms. vi. 87 (in a verse); inn ítri öðlingr, Skv. 1. 23; ítrum Ólafi, ítr Haraldr, epithet of kings, Lex. Poët.; ítran ættbæti Einars, Arnór; í ítru liði, in the valiant host, Ó. H. (in a verse): of things, ítr rönd, a fine shield, Edda (Ht.); ítran sal fjalla, of the sky, Edda (in a verse); til ítrar elli, to a glorious, golden age, Edda (Ht.); ítr lausn, glorious redemption, Líkn. 39. In COMPDS, only in poets, = glorious: ítr-borinn, part. high-born, Am., Hkv. ítr-ból, n. the glorious abode, Rekst. 33. ítr-geðr, adj. gentle, Geisli. ítr-hugaðr, adj. high-minded, Geisli 10. ítr-laukr, m. garlic, Hkv. 1. 7 (ímun-laukr?). ítr-maðr, m., ítr-menni, n. a noble man, Lex. Poët. ítr-mannligr, adj. of stout, noble bearing, Hkr. iii. 160. ítr-skapaðr, part. …
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að, (qs. ið-vreka = to wreak again?); this word seems not to occur in old writers, but is freq. in mod. usage:—to iterate, repeat.
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f. repetition.
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a, m. a mythical name of a dwarf, Edda.
n. (Völuspá 2)?.
n. a dub. word, Vsp. 2, prob. an ogress = íviðja, which is the reading of the Hb. l. c.; see Sæm. (Möbius), p. 265.
a. wicked, evil (rare).
adj. [Hel. inwid = fraud], wicked, evil, a απ. λεγ., Vkv. 26.
f. accomplishment, feat, art, skill (vel búinn at ~um).
f., also spelt iðrótt, prob. from ið- and þrótt or þróttr, power, qs. ið-þrótt; the long vowel seems due to absorption, analogous to Svíþjóð = Svið-þjóð; the rhyme, iþróttir … níu, Orkn. l. c., shews that the vowel was sounded long: [Dan. idræt; Swed. idrott; but not in Saxon nor Germ.]:—accomplishment, art, skill, in olden times esp. of athletic exercises, but also of literary skill; king Harold (in the verse in Mork. 15, íðróttir kann ek átta) counts eight íðróttir,—poetry, riding, swimming, sliding in snow-shoes, shooting, rowing, playing the harp, and versification; earl Rognvald (in the verse in Orkn. ch. 61) counts nine,—chess playing, Runes, ‘book,’ smíð, sliding on ‘skíð,’ shooting, rowing, playing the harp, and versification; cp. also the tale in Edda of Thor and Útgarða-Loki, where running a race, eating fast, drinking, lifting the cat, and wrestling are among íþróttir. In mod. usage the word is applied especially to the fine arts (painting, sculpture); kann ek þá íþrótt, at engi er hér sá inni er skjótara skal eta mat sinn en ek, Edda 31; vel búinn at íþróttum, Nj. 61; vel at sér görr um íþróttir, Eg. 111; hann lét Gunnar reyna ymsar íþróttir við menn sína, ok vóru þeir engir er né eina íþrótt hefði til jafns við hann, Nj. …
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a. unskilled.
adj. unskilled, Sks. 25; úfróðir menn ok íþróttalausir, Clem. 33.
m. one skilled in bodily exercises.
m. a man skilled in exercises, Fms. i. 17, Eg. 199, Finnb. 336; í. ok vitr, Bret. 8; haun görðisk enn mesti íðróttamaðr (master) í þess-konar námi (viz. in grammar), Bs. i. 163.
a. skilful;
~ fimleikr, dexterity in feats.
adi. skilful; í. fimleiki, a dexterous feat, Fms. vi. 225; torvelt er at týna öll ágæti íþróttligrar lækningar hans, Bs. i. 646.
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adj. a little hot to the taste.
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adj. a little crooked.
a. bluish.
adj. a little blue, Bs. ii. 182.
m. inspiration.
m. ‘in-breath,’ inspiration, Fas. iii. 237, Hom. 123, Bs. i. 231.
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part. = íbjúgr.
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adj. ludicrous, to be smiled at, Sturl. i. 23.
f. female inmate.
u, f. a female inmate, Lex. Poët.
f. in-dwelling.
f. in-dwelling; til íbúðar, Stj. 487, 609.
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adj. brooding over, conceited.
m. inmate, inhabitant.
a, m. an inmate, inhabitant, Mar., Lil. 71.
a. still breathing, alive, opp. to ørendr.
adj. [önd], ‘in breath,’ still breathing, Fms. xi. 141.
n. grappling with.
n. an undertaking, grappling with, Bs. i. 757, Mar.
a. n., of the wind, filling the sails.
n. adj. of the wind, filling the sails, Sturl. iii. 59.
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f. a ‘faring into;’ íferð í fjöru, gathering weeds, Vm. 97, Jm. 20, Pm. 38.
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adj., acc. m. = íendan, ‘in-life,’ living, Ýt. 20.
prep., see frá.
see frá.
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u, f. a kind of fisherman’s hook or boat-hook, Sks. 30, v. l.
f. undertaking, entering upon.
u, f. an entering, undertaking, Sturl. iii. 3, Grág. i. 485: introitus, föstu-í. = inngangr; ígangs-fasta, id., D. N.
m.
1) beginning;
2) wearing of clothes.
m. a wearing of clothes, a suit; ígangs-klæði, wearing apparel, Eg. 75, Orkn. 462, K. Á. 166, Hkr. ii. 280.
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prep. through; see gegn.
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f. suppuration of a sore.
n. equivalent, equal (þeir þykkja vera lendra manna ~).
n. = iðgildi, Sks. 262; hún er karlmanns í., she is a match for a man, as strong as a man.
a. eager for (e-s).
adj. = iðgjarn.
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adj. grayish.
a. indecl. in full growth.
adj. in blossom; jörð var ekki ígróðra at várþingi, Bs. i. 172.
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að, to ponder over, ruminate, (mod.)
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f. meddling, ihlutunar-mikill, -samr, adj. meddlesome, Fms. ii. 69, Eg. 512, Boll. 346.
a. a little timid.
adj. a little timid, Nj. 210.
(að), v. to consider, muse over.
að, to consider, Rd. 303, Fms. vi. 191, viii. 101, xi. 20: to muse over, x. 259, Sks. 594: absol. to mind, Ld. 260.
f. minding, consideraticn.
f. a minding, consideration, Fms. viii. 358, Barl. 157.
m. minding, sympathy.
a, m. a minding, = íhugan, Fas. i. 69, Hom. (St.): sympathy, O. H. L. 35; mjök var Hárekr þó raunar með íhuga sínum með Knúti, 51.
COMPDS: íhugafullr, íhugaverðr.
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adj. a little convex.
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u, f. consideration, íhyggju-samr, adj. = íhugasamr, Lv. 91.
n. striking in.
n. striking in, Sturl. iii. 66.
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d, dep. to be kindled, take fire, Fms. x. 29.
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n. a mortgage, Bs. i. 876, H. E. i. 195, 220; tíu hundraða ílag, sem staðrinn á Möðruvöllum átti í jörð á Ásláksstöðum, Dipl. v. 9.
n. vessel into which a thing is put.
n. a vessel, cask into which a thing is put, Bs. i. 461, Korm. 154; sekkr er ílát, Skálda 168; mælir eða annat ílát, Mar.
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d, to lead into, induce, H. E. i. 490.
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f. introduction, H. E. i. 190, 490.
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d, to make ílendr, to naturalise, a law term, N. G. L. i. 170: reflex. to settle in a country, Fas. ii. 395, Þorst. Hv. 46.
a. settled in a place, naturalized.
adj. naturalised, settled in a place, Gþl. 89, Eg. 346, Fms. i. 257, vi. 254.
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d, to make a longer stay, settle in a place.
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m. a sock to wear in shoes, = leppr, (mod.)
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n. the looking to a mark; at hvárki verði at örkuml né ílit, Grág. i. 347; ef hundr bítr svá at örkuml verði eptir eðr ílit, ii. 120; meta ílit ok lemð alla, N. G. L. i. 67.
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adj. = iðglíkr; nokkut ilict því sem Gyðingar gerðu við Dróttinn vóru, O. H. L. 37.
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adj. very little; proncd. in the south of Icel. eilítill.
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f. longing after.
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f. the very image.
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að, to imagine; eg ímynda mér, I fancy.
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f. imagination, fancy.
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u, f. participation in; íneyzla í jörðu, Gþl. 367.
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adj. reddish, a little red, Mar.
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u, f. a sitting in judgment; íseta í dómi, Grág. i. 78: occupation, unlawful, rán ok íseta, Jb. 159, N. G. L. i. 53. ísetu-arfr, m. inheritance by right of occupancy, N. G. L. i. 207.
f. attention.
f. attention, Konr.
a. worth looking into.
adj. worth looking after, Ld. 66, Nj. 155, Karl. 547: mod., það er ísjárvert, ‘tis rather dangerous.
f. aspect, appearance (þann veg er himininn ~ar).
f. a looking into, Fbr. 147.
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ð, to bargain, stipulate, Dipl. i. 5.
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f. a putting in or upon a place, Vm. 87.
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adj. dark-looking, suspicious.
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f. = ítak, q. v.; svá margar ískyldir á kirkjan í Odda, Vm. 27; taka jörð með öllum ískyldum, Dipl. v. 26.
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f. [smjúga], a cloak with a hole for the head to pass through, Sks. 117 new Ed.
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f., pl. íspenjar, a kind of sausage filled with lard and suet.
(pl. í-stöð), n. stirrup.
n., usually in pl. ístöð, a stirrup, Sks. 372, freq. in mod. usage, but stígreip (q. v.) is older, being of rope, whereas the ístöð are of metal.
f. instigation, pricking.
f. instigation, pricking, Karl. 197, Mar.
n. = ístað.
n. = ístað, Flóv. 24, Str. 39, Thom. 208.
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n. a law term, a partial right of property in another’s estate, esp. of glebes (Kirkju-ítök), Grág. ii. 207, D. I. i. 522, passim. ítaka-lauss, adj. without ítök, i. e. full possession, Vm. 108, D. I. i. 507.
f. proportionate share in common pasture.
u, f. a proportionate share in a right or in an estate, Grág. ii. 254: = ítak, Vm. 164, Dipl. ii. 10, Fms. vi. 103, v. l. ítölu-lauss, adj. = ítakalauss; ítölulauss eign, unshared, full possession, Am. 99, Dipl. ii. 3.
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f. bustle, fuss; varaldar í., worldly affairs, H. E. i. 255.
f. ‘dwelling-in’ (kjósa sér stað til íveru).
u, f. indwelling, habitation; íveru-hús, a lodging-house, (mod.)
f. giantess, ogress (rare).
u, f. an ogress, prob. from inwid, and not from í and viðr, Hdl. 44, Edda (Gl.); see the preceding word.
f. = ívera; hús til ~ar, a house to dwell in.
f. an abode, in-dwelling, N. G. L. i. 47.
II. a local name, Uist, one of the Hebrides, Fms.