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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0217, entry 48 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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grunnungr, m. [Germ. gründling; Ivar Aasen grunnung; from grunnr] :-- a groundling, a fish that lives in shoal water, Edda (Gl.); in mod. usage called þara-fiskr.
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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0217, entry 57 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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GRÚFA, ð, [Swed. grufva; Ivar Aasen gruva; and metaph. the Dan. gru = horror, cp. Germ. gräulich = shocking] :-- to grovel, crouch or cower down, lie on one's face; hann grúfði at eldinum, Fs. 100; hann grúfir niðr at Þorgrími, Háv. 56; látum oss ei sem gyltur grúfa, let us not grovel as swine, let us go upright, Bb. 3. 92; Dagon grúfði á góln frammi fyrir örkinni, Stj. 435. 1 Sam. v. 3: denoting fear, to crouch, cower, heiðingjar allir hrökkvask saman, ok grúfa í skjöldu sína and cowered beneath
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grúfa, u, f., in the phrase, á grúfu, to lie grovelling, to lie face down, on one's belly; symja á grúfu, to swim on one's belly, Sks. 177, Eg. 107, Fms. vii. 250, Fas. iii. 573, N. G. L. i. 80, Stj. 435, v.l., Art. 73, opp. to opinn (mod. upp í lopt, face up); liggr á grúfu ok horfir upp nef, a riddle of a 'ladle;' opinn eða á grúfu, Karl. 259. 2. [cp. gruvesten = hearth-stone, gruva = the hearth, chimney, and gruve-hynna = the chimney-corner, Ivar Aasen]: whence ös-grúi, an ash-pit, Fas. i. (in a verse).
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grýfi-liga, adv. [grúfa; Germ. gräulich; Dan. gruelig; Swed. grulig; Ivar Aasen gruvaleg] :-- prop. 'grovellingly,' metaph. shockingly, Fb. ii. 26.
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GRÖN, f., gen. granar, [Dan.-Swed. gran; Ivar Aasen gron], a pine-tree; hæri en grön er vex á hæsta fjalli, Hom. 152.
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GUFA, u, f. [gov and gova, Ivar Aasen; Scot. gow], vapour, steam; þeir leggja eld í viðinn, en þeir vakna við gufuna er inni eru, Fas. i. 135; annarr reykr stóð í lopt upp við annan, ok svá mikil gufa varð af þeim ókyrrleik, að varla sá þá hæstu turna borgarinnar, Konr. 35: as a nickname, Landn.: in local names, Gufu-nes, Gufu-dalr, Gufu-skálar, prob. from the steam of hot wells; in mod. usage also, gufu-skip, -bátr, m. a steam-boat, -maskína, -vél, f. a steam-engine. 2. metaph. a slow fellow, a gow, creeping about like a mist, hann er mesta gufa.
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GÝLL, m., or perhaps gíll, [gill, Ivar Aasen, akin to gjöll], a mock sun, parhelion, Scot. gow, conceived to be a wolf preceding the sun: when the sun is surrounded by mock suns he is said to be in 'wolf-stress,' úlfa-kreppa; the phenomenon is called gýla-ferð, f. 'wolf-gang;' cp. also the saying, sjaldan er gýll fyrir góðu nema úlfr eptir renni, a gill bodes no good unless followed by a wolf (a sign of weather), Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 658, 659.
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GÆTA,
tt,
(gjáta,
Hom.
34,
156,
esp.
in
Norse
MSS.),
[gæte
=
to
find
sheep,
Ivar
Aasen]
:--
to
watch,
tend,
take
care
of,
with
gen.;
at
gæta
eigna
sinna,
Fms.
i.
245;
gætum
vandliga
þessa
burðar,
viii.
8;
Guð
gæti
mín,
God
protect
me!
ix.
482;
gæta
skipa
sinna,
484;
þá
látum
en
hafit
gæta
vár,
Orkn.
108;
þeir
létu
myrkrit
gæta
sín,
Fs.
85;
Þórir
bað
sína
menn
hlífa
sér
ok
gæta
sín
sem
bezt,
Gullþ.
24;
ok
báðu
hann
gæta
lífs
síns,
Orkn.
164;
gjáta
laga
ok
landsréttar,
Hom.
34;
þá
er
at
gæta
ráðsins,
then
take
heed
to
the
advice,
Nj.
61;
gæta
dóma,
to
observe
justice,
Sks.
658
:--
to
tend
[cp.
Norse
gæte],
gæta
kúa,
to
tend
cows,
Fms.
vi.
366,
Ld.
98;
gæta
hesta,
to
tend
horses,
Fb.
ii.
340,
Fs.
88;
hón
gaetir
dura
í
Valhöllu,
Edda
21;
Móðguðr
er
nefnd
mær
sú
er
gætir
brúarinnar,
38;
hann
sitr
þar
við
himins-enda
at
gæta
brúarinnar
fyrir
bergrisum,
17;
gæta
segls,
to
take
care
of
the
sail,
Fms.
vii.
340
(in
a
verse);
gæta
skips,
Anal.
191
:--
absol.,
stofan
gætti
(guarded)
at
baki
þeim,
Eg.
91;
því
at
rekendrnir
gættu
fyrir
utan,
Fms.
vii.
184;
gættu
(take
care)
ok
vinn
eigi
á
Kálfi,
Fb.
ii.
360;
gæta
sín,
to
be
on
one's
guard.
.
with
prep.,
gæta
til,
to
take
care
of,
mind;
var
eigi
betr
til
gætt
en
svá,
at
...,
Orkn.
210;
svá
gættu
þeir
til,
at
ekki
varð
at,
Nj.
57;
gætið
hér
til
Önundar
húsbónda
yðvars,
at
eigi
slíti
dýr
né
fuglar
hræ
þeirra,
Eg.
380;
hann
skyldi
til
gæta
at
eigi
slægisk
aptr
liðit,
Ó.
H.
215;
sá
er
til
saka
gætir,
Sks.
28,
Rb.
396;
ef
þú
kannt
til
at
gæta,
if
thou
behave
well,
Eg.
96;
mun
ek
þá
ekki
taka
af
þér
eignir
þínar,
ef
þu
kannt
til
gæta,
id.,
Fms.
ii.
178:
in
mod.
usage
also,
gæta
að
e-u,
to
observe
a
thing:
to
heed,
Guðs
vegna
að
þér
gæt
min
sál,
Pass.
8.
16.
II.
reflex.,
Þorleikr
kvaðsk
ekki
mundu
hafa
mikit
fé,
því
at
úsýnt
er
hversu
mér
gætisk
til,
because
it
is
uncertain
how
I
may
keep
it,
Ld.
300:
cp.
geta
A.
IV.
III.
[cp.
geta
with
gen.,
signif.
B],
getask
um
e-t,
to
deliberate
or
take
counsel
about
...;
ok
um
þat
gættusk,
hvárt
...,
and
took
counsel
together,
whether
...,
Vsp.
6,
9,
27,
29;
gætask
e-s,
to
tell
of,
mention
a
thing;
gættisk
ok
Glaumvör,
at
væri
grand
svefna,
G.
told
that
she
had
dreary
dreams,
Am.
20;
gættisk
þess
Högni,
at
árna
ánauðgum,
H.
spoke
of
interceding
for
the
bondsman,
60.
IV.
part.
gætandi,
a
keeper,
Edda
94.
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HADDA, u, f. (halda, Rd. 315, l. 14), [Ivar Aasen hodda, hadde, holle] :-- a pot-hook or rather pot-links, for the hadda was a chain of rings rather than a mere handle, as is seen from Hým. 34 -- en á hælum hringar skullu -- compared with, heyrði til höddu þá er Þórr bar hverinn, Skálda 168; hann kastaði katlinum svá at haddan skall við (rattled), Fms. vi. 364; hann dró á hönd sér höddu er ifir var bollanum, Ó. H. 135; ketill var upp yfir rekkjuna ok reist upp haddan yfir katlinum, ok vóru þar á festir hringar, ... þá féll haldan á katlinum því at hann hafði komit við festina, Rd. 314, 315; hann krækti undir hödduna hinum minsta fingri ok fleytti honum (the kettle) jafnhátt ökla, Fb. i. 524; at konungr mundi gína yfir ketil-hödduna, ... ok var haddan orðin feit, ... konungr brá líndúk um hödduna ok gein yfir, Fms. i. 36.
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hand-rif, n. [cp. handsyfte, Ivar Aasen], 'hand-reefing,' a naut. term, in the phrase, svipta h., to reef a sail; síga skyldi láta seglin, ok heldr seint, en svipta af handrifi, Ó. H. 182, (svipta af neðan handrifi, Fms. iii. 44.)
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