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œgir – œxl

œgir
Zoëga

(gen. -is), m. frightener, terrifier (Engla ~, gumna ~).

Cleasby-Vigfusson

m. one who frightens, Lex. Poët., Fms. vi. (in a verse), Gm. 45, Hkv. 1. 54; this word is no relation to the following word.

œgi-liga
Zoëga

adv. terribly, threateningly.

Cleasby-Vigfusson

adv. terribly, threateningly, Róm. 325, Fms. x. 83 (in a verse).

œgi-ligr
Zoëga

a. terrible, awful.

Cleasby-Vigfusson

adj. terrible, awful, Lex. Poët.

œgr
Zoëga

a. terrible, = ógurligr.

Cleasby-Vigfusson

adj. = ýgr (q. v.), terrible; lœkr, ‘œgr,’ Skálda 178, Lex. Poët.: vicious, Guð gaf ekki ægum uxa-horn, a saying, Vídal. ii. 83; cp. mannýgr.

œli
Zoëga

from ala.

Cleasby-Vigfusson

a, m. (mod. auli) an idiot, simpleton; œli telsk þar er ólu ósnotran mann gotnar, Skálda (in a verse); in mann-æli, q. v.: the mod. form auli occurs in Skíða R. 185; þú ert mesti auli! aula-legr, aula-skapr, correct thus in p. 24. col. 2.

œri
Zoëga

a. compar. younger (engi maðr ~ en átján vetra gamall).

Cleasby-Vigfusson

compar. the younger: œrstr, the youngest; see ungr B, p. 654.

œxl

No entry

Cleasby-Vigfusson

n. (mod. æxli), an excrescence, medic.; hón hafði œxl mikit … var hönd hans heil, en horfit æxlit, 655 xxii. B. 1; freq. in mod. usage.