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með-reið, f. a riding with another person. meðreiðar-maðr, m. an attendant on a traveller on horseback.
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ofan-reið, f. a riding downwards, Sturl. iii. 245.
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rass, m. = ars (q.v.) by metathesis, Lat. anus; örin flýgr beint í rassinn á konunginum, Fms. xi. 64, Lv. 6l; höggit ór rófurnar við rass upp, Fas. i. 80. COMPDS: rass-gat, n. fissura ani. rass-görn, f. the great gut, Nj. 185. rass-hverfingr, m. of a horse of which the anus protrudes, N.G.L. i. 75. rassa-klof, n. fissura ani, N.G.L. i. 81. rass-ragr, adj. Sodomitic, a word of infamy, Sturl. ii. 59. rass-særi, n. soreness from riding.
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REIÐ, f. [ríða; Scot. raid; Engl. ride], the riding a horse, Grág. i. 382, 432; þeir vóru beztir hestar at reið, Nj. 81; fá þeim hesta til reiðar, Ld. 82, Fms. vi. 210; hafa einn, tvá ... hesta til reiðar, to have one, tivo ... horses for riding; tóku þeir nú á reið mikilli, Sturl. iii. 185 :-- with the notion of travelling, hann var einn í reið, he was alone, Fs. 126; var þá ok sén reið þeirra, they were seen, 26 (eptir-reið, manna-reið), and passim. 2. a body of riders, a host; háfar reiðar sá ek með himnum fara, Sól. 74, and Bugge's suggestion on Hkv. 1 15 (hávar reiðar?). 3. a raid; Sveinstaða-reið, Sauðafells-reið, Safn, Bs. ii. II. a vehicle, carriage, with an old dat. reiðu; reið þá er hann ekr, en hafrarnir draga reiðna, Edda 14; en er hón ferr, ekr hón köttum tveim ok sitr í reið, 26; henni var ekit í reið einni, Fb. i. 355; sitr Þórr í reiða, Kormak, Helr. 5: poét., rýnis reið, the mind's vehicle, i.e. the breast, Stor.; brim-reið, haf-reið, lög-reið, a sea-wain, i.e. a ship; ná-reið = the gallows, Lex. Poët.: lauka-reið, hlað-reið, men-reið, þorn-reið, poët, appellations of women, Lex. Poët.; reiðar stjóri, poët. a king, Ýt. 27. III. plur. reiðar; but reiðir, Stj. 449: a clap of thunder, metaph. from the notion of Thor driving through the air, cp. Swed. åska, qs. ás-ekja; ef reið lýstr fé, N.G.L. i. 342, Gþl. 492; er reiðar ganga með mestri ógn, Konr. 35; reiðir ok regn, Stj. 449, reiðar stórar ok eldingar, Mar.; þar fylgðu reiðar ok eldingar, Fas. i. 372; því næst flugu eldingar ok reiðar, Js. (1824) 41; ok tók reiði(n) sundr í smár flísir, Fb. iii. 175. COMPDS: reiðar-duna, u, f. a clap of thunder, Fb. iii. 175. reiðar-slag, n. = reiðarduna. reiðar-týr, m. = reiðitýr, Edda 49. reiðar-þruma, u, f id., Fms. i. 10, xi. 136, Rb. 318, Sks. 94, Stj. 274.
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reið-góðr, adj. good for riding, Fbr. 25 new Ed.
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RÍÐA, ríð, pret. reið, reitt (mod. reiðst), reið, pl. riðu; subj. riði; imperat. ríð, ríttu, Lv. 39, mod. ríddu; part. riðinn: [A.S. ridan; Engl. ride; Germ. reiten, etc.] :-- to ride; in Icel., where all land-travelling is on horseback, ríða has become almost synonymous with to journey, travel, adding the road or way in acc. (cp. Old Engl. use of to ride); ríða leið sína, veg sinn, etc.; þeir bræðr riðu til alþingis, Nj. 2; nú skalt þú riða vestr, ... þá reið í móti þeim Þjóstólfr, reið Höskuldr heim til hús síns, 4; síðan reið hann vestr í Hjarðarholt, Ísl. ii. 199; ok þegar reið hann at leita líkanna, Eg. 601; þá lét Ásgerðr skjóta hesti undir mann, reið sá sem ákafligast vestr í Hjarðarholt ... Þorgerðr lét þegar söðla sér hest ... riðu þau um kveldit ok nóttina til þess er þau kómu til Borgar, 602, 603; flestir menn riðu Týrsdaginn í brott, Sturl. iii. 183; tóku þeir nú á reið mikilli ok var allgott at ríða ofan eptir héraðinu, 185; þeir riðu Þriðja-daginn, ... þeir riðu til Hörgárdals um kveldit, reið Eyjólfr á Möðru-völlu, ... riðu þeir upp um Hörgárdal, ... Rafn ok Eyjólfr riðu með flokk sinn upp eptir ísinum, 216, 217; géf ek þat ráð at þú ríðir í mót honum, en ek mun ríða til meðan, Fms. i. 70, xi. 364, Gísl. 19, Nj. 85, 86: metaph., at margir Íslendingar mundi kenna á hlut sínum, nema þeir riði sjálfir á vit sín, unless they rode towards themselves, i.e. took counsel with themselves, took care, Ld. 180 :-- absol. to start, part, ok hvergi í kveldi ríða, Skíða R. 108; jarl bað hann búask ok sagði mál at riðu, Orkn. 48. 2. adding the horse (vehicle) in dat.; ríða hesti, ríða svörtum, hvítum, ... skjóttum, góðum, vökrum ... hesti, Nj. 54, 8l, etc.; ríða húsum, to 'ride' the ridge of a house (as a ghost), Grett. 83 new Ed. 3. trans. with acc.; ríða hest, to break a colt for riding; and hann er vel riðinn, well broken in; ó-riðinn, unbroken: also to cover, of horses, cattle. 4. reflex., recipr. ríðask at, to attack one another, Al.; ríðask hjá, to pass by one another, Sturl. ii. 171. B. To swing, sway, with the notion of a heavy, rotary motion, as of a thing in balance, a weapon brandished, a windlass, or the like; [cp. Engl. sea-phrase to ride at anchor]; í því er hann heyrði sverðit ríða, Karl. 161; nú reið sverð at svíra, Bs. ii. 74; maðr nokkurr er sá at öxin reið, Fms. vii. 325; er öxin reið at honum, ii. 82; ef konungr léti ofan ríða sverðit, vii. 172; en er upp reið gáiga-tréit, 13; konungr stóð undir er tréit reið, ix. 386; þá reið at honum brúnássinn, ok hrataði hann inn aptr, Nj. 202; þá er sól riðr upp ok þar til er hón sezk, N.G.L. i. 218; þat tré er riða skal öllum at upp loki, of a door, Hm. 137 :-- to balance; önnur galeiðrinn sprakk er hón reið á járninu, Fagrsk.: metaph. the phrase, e-t ríðr miklu (or á miklu), to be of great importance, momentous; honum þótti í þér mest vinkaup ok stærstu ríða um þína hollostu, Fb. ii. 289; hve mjök þat er kallat at á hirti (sic) ríði, hversu til fátækra manna var gört í þessu lífi, Bs. i. 104; á-ríðandi, momentous; e-t ríðr e-m at fullu, proves fatal to one. 2. to reel, stagger; í því er fíllinn tók at ríða, Al. 76; tók þá kastalinn at ríða mjök, Fms. viii. 429; hann reið á ymsar hliðar, Konr.: impers., reið bátinum svá at honum hvelfir, the boat rolled so that it capsized, Mar.; in mod. usage better, alda ríðr undir skipið, aldan reið að, of the rolling waves, freq. in mod. usage.
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sam-reið, f. a riding together, 655 xxv. 2.
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skeið-reitt, n. part. a broad way for riding; þá var allt s., Sturl. iii. 23.
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TAGL, n., pl. tögl, (Ulf. tagl = GREEK; A.S. tægel; O.H.G. zakal; Engl. tail; Swed. tagel] :-- prop. hair, but only found in the sense of, II. a horse's tail (cp. skopt and skott); hvárki toppr né tagl, Fas. i. 80, 486 (in a verse); skera tagl ór hrossum, ... ef maðr bindr tagl í munn hrossi, Grág. i. 383; ef maðr skerr tagl ór stóðhesti manns, þat varðar skóggang, ef maðr skerr tagl ór þinghesti manns eða þess manns hesti er í brúðför er, þá varðar fjörbaugs-garð, 441 (riding a horse with a docked tail has always in Icel. been looked on as a disgrace, hence the heavy penalty), cp. Fas. i. 80 (höggit ór rófurnar ok skerit ór toppanna); töglin fylgja hánum (há = the hide of a horse), Hallgr.; hann tók í taglit annarri hendi, Grett. 108: of a cow's tail, Gþl. 399. 2. a horse-hair rope, for trussing hay (reip-tagl), see högld (tögl og hagldir).
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of the old style, Rb. 556; at Tvímánuði or at Tvímánaði sumars, at the time when T. sets in, Grág. i. 152, Ld. 134, Finnb. 298, Grett. 174 new Ed.; boð skyldi vera at Tvímánaði suðr at Ölvusvatni, Ísl. ii. 8, 31; leið nú fram at Tvímánaði sumars, Grett. 150; brúðkaup var í Garpsdal at Tvímánaði, Ld. 134. tví-menna, t, to ride two on one horse; nær hálfum mánaði síðar var honum (the horse) tvímennt, Bs. i. 389: in the phrase, tvímenna yfir ána, to cross a river two on one horse, an every day's occurrence in Icel.; as to Scotland in ancient times, there is a curious record in Orkn. ch. 5; a lively sketch of this is found in the Queen's 'Leaves from a Journal,' 'Fording the Poll Tarf.' tví-menning, f. riding two on one horse, Sturl. ii. 131, iii. 23. tví-menningr, m. drinking together in pairs, two and two; þar var hlutaðr t., Eg. 22; Kormakr drakk tvímenning á Steingerði, Korm. 232; hón segir þat ekki víkinga sið at drekka hjá konum tvímenning, Hkr. i. 50. tví-merkingr, m. of the value or weight of two marks, of a ring, Grág. ii. 172, 178. tví-mæli, n. a dispute, a discordant report, one saying this, another that, Nj. 68, 139, Edda 147. tví-mælis, adv. two meals a day, N.G.L. i. 422. tvímælis-lauss, adj. undisputed, Sturl. iii. 261. tví-mælt = tvímælis; eta t., K.Þ.K. 102, 106, Bs. i. 106. tví-oddaðr, part. two-pointed, Fas. ii. 386. tví-riðinn, part. double-netted or knitted, of a net or the like: as a metrical term, Edda 122. tví-ræði, n. ambiguity, Fb. iii. 427; tvíræðis-orð, id. tví-ræðr, adj. 'double-read,' ambiguous, which can be read 'both ways' Fms. ix. 324, v.l. tví-saga, adj.; verða tvísaga, to contradict oneself. tví-sagðr, part. twice-told. tí-settr, part. double, Karl. 193. tví-skafinn, a nickname, Fms. x. tví-skelfðr, part. the name of a metre, each verse-line beginning with two long syllables, Edda 129; for a specimen see the Rekstefja, which is composed in this metre, whence it is also called 'Drápan tvískelfda.' tví-skinnungr, m. a double skin or film (on a wound). tví-skipaðr, part. double-seated, in two ranks, Fms. x. 16. tví-skipta, t, to divide into two parts, Fms. i. 154, ii. 240, viii. 363: to waver, hann tvískiptisk í ætlaninni, x. 270. tví-skipti, n. a division into two parts; t. mun vera á öllu landi, Fms. v. 347: the phrase, það er ekki til tvískiptanna, it is too small to be divided. tví-skiptiligr, adj. divided, Bs. i. tví-skiptingr, m. a changeling, idiot (= skiptingr, q.v.): a nickname, Fms. x. 2. tví-skiptr, part. divided, Fms. viii. 16, Hom. (St.): uncertain, Fas. i. 42: of two colours, t. vesli, Rd. 309, Fms. ii. 71; t. brynja, Þiðr. 80. tví-skældr = tvískelfdr, metric., Fms. ii. 310. tví-slægr, adj. ambiguous; t. draumr, Fms. viii. 444; görask t. í vináttu við e-n, Sks. 357. tví-stíga, steig, to waddle. tví-stýft, n. part. a metrical term, 'double apocope' Edda 134: a mark on a sheep's ear, t. framan hægra. tví-syngja, sing, to chant double in the church, a kind of two-voiced music, a relic of the early Middle Ages, still practised in Icel., recorded in Laur. S. (Bs. i. 847). tví-sýni, n. uncertainty, doubt, Fas. iii. 207, Gísl. 86. tví-sýnn, adj. precarious, doubtful, of danger, Nj. 111, Bs. i. 814. tví-söngr, m. a two-voiced song; see tví-syngja. tví-taka, tók, to repeat, Skálda 208. tví-tala, u, f. the dual number, Stj. 13. tví-tala, adj. of twice the number, Fb. iii. 362. tví-tjaldaðr, part. hung with double tapestry, Vm. 171. tví-tján, twice-ten, twenty, Fms. x. 378. tví-tjándi, the twentieth, Mork. 109, Grett. (Ub.) 150, Petr S. 47, v.l. tví-tóla, adj. [Dan. tve-tullet], an hermaphrodite (tól II). tví-tugr, tví-togr, adj. aged twenty, Grág. i. 307, 465, ii. 108, Fms. ii. 7, vi. 90, Jb. 143, passim: measuring twenty (fathoms, ells), Grág. i. 497, ii. 337, Fms. iii. 194, passim; átta vetr um tvítugt, i.e. twenty-eight years old, Stj. 26. tvítugs-aldr, m. the age of twenty, Eg. 2, Fms. iv. 254, x. 377, Njarð. 396, passim. tvítug-sessa, u, f. a twenty-oared ship (see sessa), Eg. 28, Fms. ii. 253, iv. 322. tví-tugu, mod. tví-tugasti, the twentieth, passim. tví-tugu = tuttugu, D.N. tví-tylft, f. twice twelve; tvítylftar baugr, Grág. ii. 89. tví-tyngdr, part. double-tongued, Al. 4. tví-vegis, adv. 'two-ways' to and fro; fara t., to go back again, Ísl. ii. 327, Fms. iii. 83, vi. 119, Grág. i. 213, 436: hence in mod. usage gener. twice. tví-verknaðr, m. doing the same twice over again. tví-viðr, m. a double-pieced cross-bow, poët., Edda (Gl.), Merl. 2. 65, Þd. tví-æri, n. a period of two years, D.N. ii. 193. tví-ærr, adj. of two years, two years old, D.N.; tvíær landskyld, id.
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