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KUKL, n. [prob. a for. word, which occurs in no very old writers; Germ, gaukel; Engl. juggle] :-- juggling, sorcery, Edda ii. 638 (spelt kuckl), Mag. 176; kukl og fjolkyngi, Pass. 14.11.
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KVEYKJA, t, or kveykva, Grág. (Kb.) i. 16, Hðm. 1; quøqua, Greg. 33, 34, etc.; kvöykja, Sks. 634; but also spelt kveikja, Fb. i. 203, Sks. 53 new Ed., Fms. v. 316, x. 367, Hom. 193; gen. pl. kveykna, Nj. 194; [Ulf. qiwian = GREEK; A. S. cwician; Engl. quicken; Hel. aquicon; Dan. kvæge; Lat. vivere] :-- to quicken, kindle; kveykja ljós, to kindle a light, Fs. 38; k. log, id., Fb. iii. 408; kveikja eld, to kindle a fire, Ísl. ii. 152; þessi arfa-sáta var tekin ok kveyktr við eldr, Nj. 194, 199; síðan kveykti þessi maðr eld, Fs. 5; með kveyktum eldi, Eb. 56 new Ed.; kerti fékk konungr honum ok sagði þat sjálft kveykjask mundu ef því væri á lopt brugðit, Bárð. 179; quøqua ljós í keri, Greg. 33, 34; kveykt eðr tendrat, Mar.; k. lostasemi, Rb. 352; k. upp fjandskap, Valla L. 227; henni var mikill harmr kveikðr í hjarta, Fms. x. 367; kveykva sorg, Hðm. 1. 2. metaph. to kindle a report; ein er sú sögn er sá kveikir, Mar.; þeim hélt við váða er þetta höfðu kveykt, Fms. ix. 358, v.l.; Þórarinn bað eigi neina kvittu kveikja í hirð konungs, v. 316. 3. pass., engi skyldi kvittr kveikjask, Fb. i. 203; nú kveykir hón galdra, Bret. 26; stormr kveikisk, Sks. 231 B; tungl kveykisk, the moon is lighted, Rb. 122; kveykja upp kyn hins andaða, Stj. 425; þú kveiktir mik svá sem Guð vildi í öndverðu, Hom. 154; heldr en kveikvi, MS. 677. 9; harm kveykði orm einn at mæla við Evu, Ver. 4; kveikjask til ástar, Fms. i. 231.
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kvikvendi, n., spelt and sounded variously, kykvendi, mod. kvikindi :-- a living creature, of men and beasts: hón (the earth) fæddi öll kykvendi, Edda (pref.); þau bæði (soul and body) eru eitt kvikendi, Hom. (St.); allt er hljóð þat er kvikendis eyru má heyra, Skálda 173; þar af sigrar hann öll kvikvendi, Edda (pref.); öll kvikvendi fæddu dauðan frumgetnað, Mar.; hann átti ægishjálm er öll kvikvendi hræddusk við, Sæm. 131 :-- animals, beasts, as opp. to men, menninir ok kykvendin, Skálda 180; manna eða kykvenda, 656 C. 26; einhverju kvikendi, Fs. 128; alla fugla ok öll kykvendi, Sks. 499 B; þá er Guð hafði skrýddan allan heim meðr kykvendum eða fuglum, 498 B; þá dó öll Egipzkra manna kvikendi, Stj. 272; sem þat kvikvendi var vert, Gþl. 190; hveregum kykvendum er maðr vísar eðr fælir at manni, Grág. ii. 119; hverju var líkt? -- Sem kykvendi léti, Fms. vi. 202; en ekki var síðan mein at þessu kykvendi, 144, Best. 50 (of a salamander); kvikenda kyn, kind of beasts, Stj. 18; skor-kvikendi, insects; skrið-kvikendi, reptiles.
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land-skjálfti, a, m. an earthquake, Edda 40 (the mythical origin of the earthquake), Sks. 142, Greg. 49, MS. 655 xxvii. 22 spelt land-skylpi.
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lávarðr, m. [like lafði, borrowed from the Early Engl. lauerd, as it was spelt and sounded in Engl. of the í 2th century; A. S. hláford] :-- a lord, master, Fms. vii. 250, x. 226, Hom. 89, Mar. passim: the word is used in the N. T. along with drottinn and herra.
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LÉTTR, adj., lóttari, k'ttastr, [cp. Ulf. leihts = iKa^pla, 2 Cor. i. 17; A. S. leobt; Engl. light; (). H. G. lihti; Germ, lei c ht; Dan. let, - Swed. l u tt; cp. Lat. le w's; Gr. ê-Xaø-pós] :-- liíf ht, of weight; bjortunnu eða annað eigi léttara. Bs. i. 389. 2. of the body; manna iimastr ok léttastr á sér, Fms. x. 73; vera á léttasta skeiði (aldri), /o be at one's most active age; þá er Haraldr var á lcttasta skeiði aldrs, Eg. 536, O. H. 68; ek em nú af léttasta skeiði, ok ekki til slíks færr, / have passed my best years, Háv. 40 :-- the phrase, vtrða léttari, to give birth, ' to be lightened of the womb, ' Spenser, (ú-lótt = heavy with child); ok nu líða stundir fram lil þess er hón verðr lúttari, ok fæ3ir luui sveinbarn, Fais. xi. 53, Nj. 91, Ísl. ii. 11), 0. H. 144, Fs. 143, 190; verða lóttari barns (= at barni), N. G. L. i. 131. II. metaph. li if ht, easy; mæddisk hann fyrir þeim ok gékk þeim k'ttara, F. g. 192; þvíat þat kann henda at monnum verðr harms sins léttara ef um er talat, Fms. vii. 105 :-- light, of wind, var veðr létt ok segltækt, 286; hann siglir lit lóttan land- nyrðing, Ld. 116. 2. light, mild, gladsome, of manners or coun- tenance; var konungr þá lcttr í öllum ræðum, Eg. 55; lcttr í nuV. um, Ls.; lettr ok linr í nu'tli, gracious, Germ, huldvoll, Bs. i. 154; hann var við alla menu léttr ok kátr, Nj. 48; hverjum manni kátari ok lóítari ok vakrari, Fms. x. 152; e-m segir eigi létt hugr um e-t, to have apprehen- sions, Fs. 38, Fms. vi. 211. 3. of value, light, vile; gütaðan dúk sæmiligan ok annan k'ttari, Vm. 32; betri, opp. to lúttari, Dipl. iii. 4; hinar betri, hinar lúttari, Vm. 58; létt fæða, light fare, Mar.; lettr forbeini, Bs. ii. So; leggja e-t í léttan stað, to think lightly of, Grett. 1 75 new Ed. B. COMPDS: létta-bragð, n. cheerfulness, Stnri. iii. 196. let-ta- lc ona, u, f. a midwife, Thoin-482. létta-sótt, f. child-labour, Mar. 976. létt-brúnn, adj. 'light-browed, ' fair-complexioned, Gullþ. 9, Ld. 48, 94; spelt létt-brýnn, Grett. "160 new Ed. létt-búinn, part, lightly-clad, Stj. 240, Gullþ. 8. létt-bærr, adj. easy to bear, 625. 72, Bs. i. 105, 236. Létt-feti, a, m. ' light-pacer, ' name of a horse, Edda, Gm. létt-fleygr, ^å] . fleet-winged, Sks. létt-færi, f. alertness, Mar. létt-fœrr, adj. nimble, fleet, Rb. 334, þiðr. 343, Korm. (in a verse). létt-fættr, adj. light-footed, fleet. lett-hendr, adj. light-handed. létt-hjalað, n. part.; e-m verð 1., to chatter, Fms. xi. 234. létt-hlaðirm, part. ligb:-lnden, Fms. ii. 188. létt- h. ugaðr, ad] , light-minded, Sks. 24. létt-klæddr, part, ligh. 'ly-clad, Hkr. iii. 281. létt-látr, adj. light-hearted, cheerful, Sks. 24. Fms. vii. 175, viii. 447, ix. 4. létt-leikr, in. (-Iciki, a, in.), lightness, agility, alertness. Sks. 620, Fas. iii. 237, Lil. 17. létt-liga, adv. lightly, easily, Fms. i. 85, viii. 78, Stj. 17: civilly, Stj. 209, Barl. 119: lightly, of dress, Ld. 46: readily, Eg. 200: may be, perhaps, Stj.; Kittliga hvergi, 16, 24, 35, 112; h-ttliga at, may be that, 47, 59, 106, 122, 126, 159, 400, Fb. i. 376. létt-ligr, adj. lightly, light, Bs. ii. líio. lét-t- lifr, adj. 'light-lived. ' living an easy life, N. G. L. ii. 444, Mag. 90. lett-ljmdi, n. an easy temper. létt-lyndr, adj. easy-tempered. létt- læti, n. a light life; lé:tlæíis-kona, a harlot, Sti. 350, Fms. vii. 24f, Sir. 9. létt-meti, n. a poor diet. létt-mæil-r, pait. light-spoken, ligbt-tongîied, Fms. vii. 227. létt-úð, f. ligbt-berirled/iess, Fms. vi. 287: mod. levity, frivolity. létt-úðigr, adj. light-minded, Fms. ii. 20, xi. 5: light, ibovgb. 'less. létt-vaxinn, part, flight of figure, slender, Hem. létt-vígr, adj. prone to fight, Kb. 43 new Ed. létt-vísi, f. levity, Barl. 148. létt-vægr, adj. light-weighted, of little value.
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leyra, u. f. (spelt lôra, Edda ii. 464, 547), [cp. Dan. kukke-lure and Scot, loiciy -- a fox] :-- a sneaking, worthless person, mann-læra; laeðist kisu-lóra (the naughty pass sneaks) latir í cndann klóra, Flaligr.
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LITR, m., gen. litar, pl. litir, acc. litu, [Old Engl. and Scot. lit = a stain; Dan. löd; see lit above, and líta; the original form would be vlitr] :-- colour, hue, also countenance, complexion; litu góða, Vsp. 18; lostfagrir litir, Hm. 92; bregða lit, to change colour, Fms. vi. 178; skipta litum, to exchange colour, see the remarks s.v. hamr, Fas. i. 128; málit skiptir svá litum, such is the case, its colour is thus, Fms. vii. 136; eigi deilir litr kosti, a saying, Nj. 78 (see deila); sá hann þat at þér var litr einn gefinn, thou art nothing but the hue (outside), Sturl. iii. 180; blár, grár, hvítr, rauðr ..., at lit, of blue ... colour, Ísl. ii. 213, Anal. 215, passim; í regnboga eru þrír litir, Rb. 336; allir litir eru bjartari á glerinu en hvar annar-staðar, MS. 15. 3. 2. special usage, of day-break, the first dawn when the light changes; en er þeir kómu upp á heiðina kenndu þeir at lit brá, they saw the day-break, Sturl. iii. 217; vísaði hann þeim leið, tók þá at kenna annars litar (viz. in the morning), 171; ok í annan lit (the second colour, viz. the changing from dark to light in the early morning, the 'blush of morn') fór hann at sjá veiðiskap þeirra, Þorf. Karl. 396; en at öðrum lit dags, Orkn. 196; litu er lýsti (when the light brightened, impers.) létusk þeir fúsir allir upp risa, Am. 28; cp. 63, where the true reading may be, -- dó þá dýrir, dags var heldr snemma | 'litu er lysti' ... (MS. letu þeir alesti). 3. dye; hann lét leggja lit í augu sér, Fms. ii. 59; sækja grös til litar, Finnb. 214, v.l. COMPDS: litar-apt, n. complexion, Ld. 134, Al. 3; spelt litar-átta, u, f., Clar. (Fr.) litar-háttr, m. = litarapt, Fas. iii. 426, as also in mod. usage. lita-skipti, n. pl. change of colour, Sks. 526.
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ljóð-fylling, f. (spelt hljóðfylling, but erroneously), the alliteration of the sub-letters, Edda (Ht.) 131; þar er ok skothending ok ein ljóðfylling við höfuðstafinn, Edda.
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LYF, f., pl. lyfjar. also spelt lif, see the references below; the word is used as neut. in Bs. ii. 87, and then chiefly in pl. in Bs. i. 179, Fas. iii. 11, Fms. ix. 282; [Ulf. lubja-leisi = GREEK, Gal. v. 20; A. S. lib ; O. H. G. lupi; Swed. luf ; early Dan. löv] :-- a herb, simple, esp. with the notion of healing, witchcraft or supernatural power, = Gr. GREEK; trúa á lyf kvenna eða görningar, Hom. 33; lækning, lyf eðr galldra, 121; góð smyrzl ok læknings-lif, Fas. iii. 174; með heilsamligum smyrslum né lækningar-lyfum, Stj. 272; lif (not líf) með lækning, Skv. 1. 17; varisk menn lif, rúnir ok galdra, N. G. L. iii. 300; töfr ok lif, rúnir ok galdra, 286; laskningar lyf, 245; kona hver er ferr með lif ok læzk kunna bæta mönnum, ef hón er sönn at því, þá er hón sek þrem mörkum, i. 390 ; hann tekr þá nokkur lyf af helgum dómi Jóns biskups, Bs. i. 179 ; ek hefi þat eitt gras, er ... Dagfinnr svarar, engi (=enga ?) lyf eðr lækning skulu vér til þessa hafa, nema þær einar (sic), er. . ., Fms. ix. 282; eitr- fullt lyf, Bs. ii. 87; lítil lyf kveða höfð til lýða sona, the sons of men are made of small matter (seed, cause?), Fas. iii. 11 (in a verse): adverb., ekki lyf, not a hit, Skv. 1. 9, (not as explained at p. 274, col. 1 line 1): ú-lyfjan, poison.
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