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mann-baldr, in. a great, good man, Edda (GL), Lex. Poi't.
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Mar-döll or Mar-þöll, f. gen. Mardallar, one of the names of Freyja, Edda 21: prop. a mermaid, Jónas 151; Mardallar-grátr. the tears of M. = gold. Lex. Poët.; cp. the Mardallar-Saga in Maurer's Volkssagen.
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MARR, m., gen. mars, dat. mari, Vþm. 12; pl. marar, Hkr. i. 237 (in a verse), Skv. 2. 16; pl. marir, Fm. 15, Hkv. Hjörv. 28; but acc. pl. mara, Akv. 37, Rm. 35; marina = mara ina, Akv. 13: (A.S. mearh or mear; O.H.G. marah] :-- a steed, only in poetry, whereas the answering fem. merr, a mare, has become a common word in prose as well as poetry: magran mar, Hm. 82, Og. 3, Skm. 8, 9; maðr stiginn af mars baki, 15; mars bægi, Vkv. 31; mari vel tömdum, Fas. i. 491 (in a verse); mara svang-rifja, Rm. 35; marina mélgreypu, Akv. 13; er hér sitjum feigir á mörum, Hðm. 10; mörum Húnlenzkum, 11; hleða mar, to saddle, Hdl. 5; minn veit ek mar beztan, Akv. 7; hann kvað hest mar heita, en mar (mara? q.v.) er manns fylgja, Fs. 68; hnakk-marr = a saddle-horse, hack, Ýt.: poët, vág-marar wave steeds, ships, Skv. 2. 16; Róða rið-marar, the heaving sea steed, Hkr. i. 237 (in a verse); ægis-marr, súð-marr, vers-marr, borð-marr, segl-marr, stjórn-marr (Hkv. 1. 29), gjálfr-marr, þóptu-marr, all names of ships. Lex. Poët.
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MATR, m., gen. matar, dat. mat; with article matinum, Grág. i. 47 (mod. matnum); plur. matir; it is twice or thrice in Fb. spelt mát with a long vowel, with which cp. the rhyme máta uppsátr, Hallfred, -- máta (gen. pl.) viggjar uppsátr = a pantry (the explanation given in Lex. Poët. and hence in Fs. 214, seems erroneous); for the long vowel cp. also Ormul. mete (not mette), Engl. meat: [Ulf. mats = GREEK; A.S. mete; Engl. meat; O.H.G. maz; Swed. mat; Dan. mad] :-- meat, food; matar ok váða er manni þörf, Hm. 3; matar góðr, 'good of meat,' hospitable, 38; bjóða e-m mat, Gm. 2; morgin-döggvar þau sér at mat hafa, Vþm. 45, Skm. 27; þá var matr fram settr, Fbr. 21 new Ed.; bera mat á borð, to put meat on the board, Nj. 50; þú skalt stela þaðan mat á tvá hesta, 74; bera mat í stofu, eptir þat setti hón borð ok bar þar á mat, ... viljum vér víst gefa yðr mat ... síðan gengu þeir undir borð ok signdu mat sinn, ... átu gestir mat sinn, Eb. 266, 268; Gunnarr vissi slíks matar þar ekki ván, Nj. 75; þenna aptan enn sama mælti Bergþóra til hjóna sinna, nú skulu þér kjósa yðr mat í kveld, þvíat þenna aptan mun ek bera síðast mat fyri hjón mín ..., þykki mér blóð eitt allt borðit ok matrinn, 197; hann var kallaðr hinn mildi ok inn matar-ílli, ... hann svelti menn at mat, Fms. i. 1; sitja at mat, to sit at meat, x. 378; beiða matar, Grág. i. 47; þóat hinn haldi matinum, id.; þá stóð Glámr. upp snemma ok kallaði til matar síns, ... vil ek hafa mat minn en engar refjar, Grett. 111; þar hefi ek mínum mat orðit fegnastr þá er ek náða honum, 126; et mat þinn, tröll, Fas. iii. 178, 179: allit., matr ok mungát, meat and drink, Fb. iii. 578. Fb. i. 563; hann átti fjölda barna, hafði hann varla mat í munn sér, he had hardly any meat in his mouth, he was well-nigh starved, Bs. i. 193; menn sá ek þá er móður höfðu, látið mat í munn, Sól.: eiga máiungi mat; mod. eiga ekki málungi matar, to have no food for one's next meal, be very poor, Hm. 66: the saying, matr tr mannsins megin, 'meat is man's main;' biðja sér matar hvert mál, 36; þurr matr, dry meat; þurr matr, þat er gras ok aldin, K.Þ.K. 78; hvítr matr, white meat = milk, cheese from the dairy, passim; elds matr, food for fire, fuel; spóna-matr, spoon-meat, opp. to át-matr = dry meat. II. in plur. stores of food, provisions; tveggja mánaða mati, Gþl. 99; tveggja mánaða matir mjöls, N.G.L. i. 172; tólf mánaðar mati, 346, B.K. passim. COMPDS: matar-afgangr, m. leavings from the table or of food, K.Þ.K. 47. matar-afli, a, m. fare, provisions, Fs. 146. matar-ást, f. 'meat-love' cupboard love; hafa m. á e-m, to have 'meat-love' for a person, to love him for his table's sake. matar-ból, n., a Norse law phrase, referring to the taxation of an estate, thus, hundrað, sextigi ... mánaða matarból, an estate of a hundred, sixty ... months' food, Fms. x. 153, N.G.L., D.N., B.K. passim. matar-búr, n. a 'meat-bower,' pantry, whence abbreviated búr (q.v.), Sturl. i. 355. matar-fýst, f. appetite, 4. 21. matar-föng, n. pl. = matföng, Ísl. ii. 465. matar-görð, f. dairy work, cooking, etc., Glúm. 367, Gþl. 102. matar-íllr, adj. meat-stingy, of a bad master who starves his household, Fms. i. 1. matar-kaup, n. = matkaup, Fms. viii. 353, v.l. matar-lauss, adj. meatless, without food, Fb. i. 131. matar-lyst, f. appetite. matar-neyzla, u, f. the taking food, Sks. 434. matar-skamtr, m. a portion. matar-verð, n. board wages, Gþl. 513. matar-verðr, m. a meal, Bs. i. 122. matar-vætt, f. a weight (measure) of victuals, Sturl. ii. 60. matar-æði, n. diet.
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máli, a, m. a friend, acquaintance, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.
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MÁLMR, m. (prop. malmr); [Ulf. malma = GREEK; A.S. mealm, mealm-stân = sandstone; Hel. melm = pulvis; from mala = to grind; cp. Germ. zer-malmen] :-- originally sand, as in the Goth. and A.S., but only remaining in local names, as Málm-haugar = Malmö in Sweden. II. metal, Sks. 14, 162, Fms. v. 343, 344, x. 284, Rb. 318. Stj. 45, 508, Bs. i. 134, passim in old and mod. usage; in the earliest poets chiefly of gold, höfgan málm, the heavy metal, gold, Sighvat; skírr málmr, the bright metal. Akv.; málma fergir, a gold giver, a prince, Lex. Poët.; Gníta heiðar-m., gold, Edda; Rínar rauð-m., the red metal of the Rhine, gold, Bm.: of iron, weapons(?), þar er málmar brustu, Hallfred; Gota-m., the ore of the Goths. armour, Fas. i. 439 (in a verse); Húnlenzkr m., armour, weapons(?), Hornklofi; Vala-m., Welsh or foreign ore, treasures, Fas. iii. (in a verse): the battle is málma-skúr, -galdr, -hjaldr; as also málm-flaug, -dynr, -hríð, -regn, -róg, -þing, -þrima, = a clash of weapons: málm-gautr, -Óðinn, -rjóðr, -runnr, = a warrior, see Lex. Poët. COMPDS: málm-hlið, n. a brasen gate, Sks. 631. málm-logi, a, m. a magical flame over hidden treasures, Maurer's Volks., cp. vafur-logi. málm-pottr, m. a brasen cauldron, Bs. i. 804. málm-æðr, f. a vein of ore, Stj. 45.
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MÁR, m., gen. más, dat. mávi or máfi, pl. mávar; in mod. usage sounded in nom. erroneously máfr, gen. máfs; [A.S. meaw; Engl. mew; Germ. möve; Dan. maage] :-- a sea-mew, gull (larus), Edda (Gl.), freq. in mod. usage; see also Lex. Poët., where the word freq. occurs; hvít-máfr, the common gull; grá-máfr, the grey gull, larus glaucus: in poetry the sea is máva-röst; má-grund, má-ferill, má-skeið, the land, road of the sea-mews, Lex. Poët.: crows are ben-már, blóð-már; the raven is Yggjar-már, Odin's mew, and so on. II. as a pr. name, Landn.: in local names, Máfa-hlíð, whence Máf-hlíðingar, the men of M.; Máfhlíðinga-vísur, the verses of the men of M., Edda (Ht.): más-ungi (proncd. máfs-ungi); also má-skari (q.v.)
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máttigr, adj., in old poets contr. before a vowel, and changing the g into k, máttkar, máttkan, máttkir; compar. máttkari, máttkastr, mod. máttugri, máttugastr; [Ulf. mahetteigs = GREEK; Engl. mighty; Germ. mächtig] :-- mighty; máttkar meyjar, Gs. 1; sá inn máttki munr, Hm. 93; máttkan moldþinur, Vsp. 59; með máttkom Kristi, Lex. Poët.; fjögur konunga-ríki hafa máttkust verit, Ver. 35 :-- able, máttugr afspring at geta, Stj. 26: al-máttugr, almighty; ú-máttugr, weak; á-mátt-
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MEGIN, n., gen. megins, Gs. 22; but else contr. in gen. and dat. megns, megni, see megn; [from mega; Engl. main] :-- might, main, strength; kosta megins, Gs. 22; þitt varð nú meira megin. Fm. 22; orms megin, 28; hjörs megin, 30; svá at þitt minnkisk megin, Hsm. 21. 1; oddar görva jarli megin, Mkv.; trúa á mátt sinn ok megin, Fms. i. 35; þegar er hann vitkaðisk ok fékk megin sitt, Fb. ii. 389; ok svá sem á leið sóttina minnkadi stórum megin (acc.) hans, Fms. ix. 250; Medi funnu megin hans, MS. 544. 39: ú-megin, a swoon; van-megin, weakness. II. [cp. Engl. mainland], the main, chief part of a thing; allt megin landsins, the main of the land, Fms. x. 184; Jótland er megin Dana-veldis, vi. 53; megin árinnar, the main-stream, Þórð. 11 new Ed.: in a more local sense, máni þat né vissi hvat hann megins átti, the moon knew not his main, his place in heaven, had not his fixed course, Vsp. 5; jarðar-megin, the earth's main, the wide earth, Hm.; vetrar-megin, the main part of winter, Sks. 59; veðr-megin, 'weather-main' the power, but also the 'airt,' direction of the weather; hafs-megin, the main, open sea; lands-megin, the mainland. Eg. 50. B. COMPDS: megin-afl, m. main strength, Sks. 199. megin-á, f. a main river. Fas. i. 388. megin-áss, m. the main or chief As, i.e. Odin, Lex. Poët. megin-borg, f. the main town, Fms. ix. 41. megin-bygð, f. the main district, Fms. viii. 59. megin-dómar, m. pl. the main events, world-famed events, Vsp. 59. megin-dráttr, m. the great draught, of fish, Bragi. megin-dróttning, f. the great queen = the Virgin Mary, Geisli 3, Lil. 86. megin-dýrr, adj. 'main dear,' dearly beloved, Lex. Poët. megin-ekkja, u, f. the great widow, a nickname, Fær. megin-fjall, n. the main fell, Hkv. Hjörv. 5 (= reginfjall). megin-fjarri, adv. 'main far off,' very far, Fms. vi. (in a verse). megin-fjöldi, a, m. a vast multitude, Geisli 4. megin-flokkr, m, the main body, Fms. viii. 322, v.l. megin-flótti, a, m. the main body of a host put to flight or flying, Sturl. ii. 223, Hkr. ii. 371, passim. megin-gjörð, f. the main girdle, girdle of power. Fms. v. 345: plur. megingjarðar, of the girdle of Thor, Edda 15, 29, 60. megin-góðr, adj. 'main good,' mighty good, Fms. vi. 364. megin-góðvætliga, adv. very kindly, Clem. 26. megin-grimmr, adj. 'main grim' very fierce, Orkn. (in a verse). megin-haf, n. the main, ocean, Rb. 438, 464, Mar. 1031. megin-herr, m. the main army, Fms. i. 121, Orkn. 106. megin-hérað, n. the main district, Hkr. ii. 89. megin-húfr, m. the main hull of a ship, opp. to róðrar-húfr, N.G.L. ii. 283. megin-hyggja, n, f. 'main-sense,' wisdom, Skv. 1. 39. megin-höfn, f. the main harbour, Grett. 107 A. megin-kátr, adj. (-liga, adv.), 'main glad,' mighty glad, Grett. (in a verse), Orkn. (in a verse). megin-land, m. a mainland, continent, K.Þ.K. 8, Fms. x. 412, Sks. 155, Ld. 40, Orkn. 6, Fb. ii. 394. megin-lauss, adj. without strength, Barl. 162, Bs. ii. 172, Karl. 358. megin-leikr, m. the main of a thing, Sks. 185, v.l. megin-leysi, n. weakness, Barl. 147, Bs. ii. 168. megin-lið, n. the main body of an army, Fms. vii. 260, viii. 315, Sturl. i. 38 (Ed. megit liðit). megin-ligr, adj. [cp. Engl. mainly]; mál meginlig, mighty strong words, i.e. holy oaths, Vsp. 30. megin-lítill, adj. of little might, weak, Sól. 2, Fms. xi. 103. megin-ljótr, adj. very hideous. Lex. Poët. megin-meingjarn, adj. very mischievous, Fas. i. 435 (in a verse). megin-merki, n. the chief standard, Róm. 352. megin-mildr, adj. very mild, Lex. Poët. megin-mörk, f. the main forest, Eg. 378. megin-njörðr, m. the mighty god, Dropl. (in a verse). megin-ramr, adj. very strong, Sighvat. megin-rás, f. the main course. Sks. 196. megin-rúnar, f. pl. mighty, powerful Runes (charms), Sdm. 19. megin-sjór, n. the main, ocean, Mar. megin-skjótr, adj. very fleet, Harms, megin-skjöldungr, m. the mighty king, of Christ, Skálda (in a verse). megin-stjarna, u, f. a main star, a star of first order, Rb. 110. megin-stormr, m. a mighty gale, Sks. 44, Barl. 124. megin-straumr, m. a mighty stream, current, Mar. megin-tíðendi, n. pl. mighty tidings, Pd. 42. megin-tírr, m. 'main-fame,' glory, Sdm. 5. megin-trygðir, f. a firm truce, Ísl. ii. 381. megin-veðr, n, = meginstormr, Fas. ii. (in a verse). megin-vegr, m. the main way, geogr. the zones, Sks. 195 (meginvegir sem úbyggvanda er undir). megin-vel, adv. mighty well, Fb. iii. 315. megin-verk, n. pl. mighty works, labour, Gs. 11. Ad. (fine). Lex. Poët, megin-þing, n. a great meeting, Fms. vi. 50 (in a verse). megin-þungr, adj. very heavy, Sturl. (in a verse). megin-þorf, f. great need; fá þú mey mann í meginþarfar (into wedlock), Skv. 2. 11.
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meiðir, m. an injurer, Lex. Poët.
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