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VÖXTR, m., gen. vaxtar, dat. vexti, pl. vextir, acc. vöxtu, mod. vexti; [Ulf. wahstus = GREEK; Dan. væxt; from vaxa, q.v.]:-- 'waxing,' size, stature; mikil vexti, Bs. i. 646, Nj. 2; bergrísi at afli ok vexti, Eg. 22; menn litlir vexti, 25; vöxt ok afl, 29; göra klæði við vöxt e-s, 516: of size, öll skip sem vöxtr var at, Sturl. ii. 177; skip vel haffærandi at vexti, Fms. iv. 255; þat skip var gört eptir vexti Orms ins Skamma, vi. 308; þat vatn er vel mikit at vexti, Sks. 90; heimsins vöxt, 195; at mikilleik ok vexti, Ó.H. 235; lítils vaxtar, of small size, Mar. 2. growth, increase; or tungl hefir þrjár nætr vaxtar síns, Rb. 452; vera með vexti, to be increasing, Barl. 169; ganga í vöxt, to increase, Bs. i. 802; fara í vöxt, to increase, Fms. ix. 430; færa í vöxt, to exaggerate, vi. 14: increase, interest, heimta fulgurnar með vöxtum, Grág. i. 270; taka vöxtu á fé sínu, 180; taka fé til vaxta, 183; á-vöxtr, q.v. 3. way of growth, shape; ritinn með lykkju á's en með öllum vexti és, Skúlda; líkr e-m á vöxt ok viðbragð, Fms. vi. 12. 4. growth, produce; skóg með tupt ok vexti, crop, Vm. 114; á-vöxtr, q.v. II. metaph. standing, state, the circumstance of a case, esp. in plur.; eigi er svá við vöxt, it does not stand so, Fb. iii. 333; sjám hverir vextir á eru, ii. 313, v. 20; hann sagði honum alla vöxtu sem á vóru um þeirra eyrendi, Ld. 46, Karl. 391: the phrase, svá er mál með vexti, at ..., the case stands so, that ..., Lv. 43. vaxta-lauss, adj. without increate or interest, Grág. i. 251.
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YÐR, dat. and acc. plur., and yðar, gen. (the original form iðr); Goth. ïzwis = GREEK and GREEK and ïzwara = GREEK] :-- you; biðja yðr (acc.), segja yðr (dat.); but koma til yðar, in endless instances; as also when addressing a person of rank, the plur. is used; vil ek gjarna veita yðr þat, Fms. x. 387, passim: or even sing. and plur. promiscuously. 2. hverr er sá af yðr Íslendingum, of you Icelanders, Fms, i. 32.
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yðvarr, possess. pron., from yður, n. yðvart, gen. yðvars, yðvarrar, yðvars; dat. yðrum, yðvarri, yðru; acc. yðvarn, yðra, yðvart; pl. yörir, yðrar, yður; gen. yðvarra; dat. yðrum; acc. yðra, yðrar, yður: the v is often dropped, thus, yðarr, yðarn, yðars, yðart: in mod. speech and partly in writing an indecl. yðar has been substituted: [Ulf. ïzwar = GREEK; A.S. eower; Engl. your; cp. provinc. Engl. yourn; Germ. euer; Dan. jer] :-- your; konungr yðarr ... yðarr kraptr, Fms. x. 17; yðarri brautferð, 289; yðarra manna, Al. 61; til þakka yðvarra. Eg. 63; höfðingja yðvars, Nj. 8; konungum yðrum, id.; yðvarr vegr, Eg. 423; fund yðvarn, 424; yður för, Nj. 90; yður tign, Fms. x. 367; yðvarri tign, vi. 72, x. 234; yðars ríkdóms, id.; yðvart ríki, með yðrum styrk, i. 87; eyrindi yðart, x. 218; konung yðarn, 11; yðarn Kristinndóm, Hom. 33; þræli yðrum, 623. 30; skipti yður, Eg. 424; yður salkynni, Skm. 2. hverr yðarr, who of you? Fms. ix. 330; tvá hesta skal hafa hverr yðarr, Nj. 32. 3. þá kallaði einn maðr, hví róa djöllar yðrir fyrir oss í alla nótt, ye devils (cp. þinn), Fms. ix. 50.
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YFIR, prep. with dat. and acc., also ellipt. or even as adv.; [in Goth. there are two forms, uf = Lat. sub, and ufar = Lat. super, which, as to the form, answer to Icel. 'of' and 'yfir;' but in reality 'of' is in the old vellums used indiscriminately, sometimes = um (q.v.), sometimes = yfir, see p. 462 and um (umb, of), p. 648 sqq.; 'of' as prep. is now obsolete, having been replaced, according to the sense, by um or yfir: Goth. ufar; A.S. ofer; Engl. over; O.H.G. ubar; Hel. ubar; Germ. über; Dan. over; Swed. öfver; Lat. super; Gr. GREEK] :-- over. A. WITH DAT. over, above; hvers manns alvæpni hékk yfir rúmi hans, Eg. 88; þriðja stendr yfir Niflheimi ... brenn eldr yfir Bifröst, Edda 10; yfir lokhvílu sinni, Nj. 183; spretta skörum yfir sér, Fas. ii. 187; tjalda yfir skipi sínu. Eg. 373; jörð gróin yfir viði eðr beinum, Grág. ii. 354; sitja yfir borðum, matborði, dagverði, drykkju ..., to sit at table over one's meat, drink; Nj. 6, 68, Eg. 63, 407, 577, passim; sitja yfir
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dómum yfir málum manna, to sit at, attend to cases, as judge, Ó.H. 86; Olafr konungr hafði jafnan með sér tólf ena spökustu menn, þeir sátu yfir dómum með honum ok réðu um vandamál, id.; sitja yfir e-m, to sit over one (a sick person), Fms. vii. 166, ix. 250; styrma yfir e-m, Ld. 40. II. metaph. usages; görask konungr bæði yfir Mörkinni ok Hálogalandi, Eg. 71; konungr yfir Englandi, 263; biskup yfir þeim fjórðungi, Grág. i. 326; hafa vald yfir e-u, Fms. i. 227, x. 48; vera höfðingi ok herra yfir e-u, id.; Þorgils er þá var yfir Skagafirði, 61; dómandi allra mála yfir þeim ríkjum, Fas. i. 513; hann setti bróður sinn yfir Víkinni, Fms. i. 29; sektir yfir e-m, H.E. i. 420; til gæzlu yfir e-m, custody over one, Edda 21; vaka yfir e-m, to wake or watch over, Fms. i. 9, iv. 299; vöku vér hér hverja nótt á Aski yfir fé váru, Eg. 375: þú vart trúr yfir litlu, eg mun setja þig yfir mikið, Matt. xxv. 23; vil ek eigi hafa flimtan hennar né fáryrði yfir mér, Nj. 50; sitja yfir hlut e-s, 89 (see sitja I. 2); ok liggi sú íllska lengr yfir þeim, threatening them, Fms. x. 265; búa yfir brögðum, Fas. i. 290; hefi ek sét marga dýrliga hluti yfir honum, 623. 55; mér sýnisk svá mikit yfir þér, at mér byðr þat eitt í skap at þú verðir meira stýrandi, Bs. i. 468; allir þeir er nokkurr þrifnaðr var yfir, leystu sik á þrem vetrum, Fms. iii. 18; opt hafa orðit þvílíkar jarteinir yfir heiðnum mönnum, vii. 195; láta vel ílla ... yfir e-u, Ld. 168, Hkr. i. 213, ii. 32 (see láta B. I. 2); láta hljótt yfir e-n, Nj. 232; þegja yfir e-u, Ld. 36; fögnuðr yfir e-u, joy over a thing, MS. 623. 23; aumhjartaðr yfir úförum hvers manns, Sks. 687; lýsa yfir e-u, to declare, Eb. 20, 250, Nj. 93, Ld. 164, 306, Fs. 13, 24, Eg. 141 new Ed., Gísl. 16, Ó.H. 101, 179, Bs. i. 95, 203, 268, 624, Fms. ii. 25, xi. 6, 25: hlyða e-m yfir, see hlýða. III. ellipt. or adverb, usages; eldr, ok katlar yfir, Eg. 238; ætlar hann at görask konungr yfir norðr þar, 71; yfir á Espihóli, Sturl. iii. 261. B. WITH ACC. over, above, denoting motion; limar hans dreifask yfir heim allan, Edda 10; drógu þeir netið yfir hann, ... hlaupa yfir netið ... hleypr hann yfir þinulinn, 40; þeir bundu yfir sik flaka af viði, Fms. ix. 421; Skaði tók eitr-orm ok festi yfir hann, Edda 40; hann tók yfir sik skikkjuna, 'took clothes over himself,' put on the mantle, Nj. 170; binda boð yfir miðjar dyrr, Gþl. 434; leggja e-t yfir altari þín, 655 xxiii; lauf ok limar tóku út yfir skipit, Ó.H. 36; hann felldi hvern yfir annan, Hkr. i. 151; cp. hverr um annan (um C. V); er aldr fór yfir hann, Ó.H. 123; sló miklum ótta yfir hirðmennina, struck great terror into the king's men, Fas. i. 68; skjóta skjóli yfir e-n, Ld. 40; setja menn yfir ríki sitt, Eg. 7; at konungr mundi annan höfðingja setja yfir Norðymbra-land, Fms. i. 24; lét hann taka Knút til konungs yfir ríki þat allt, 112; komask yfir e-t, to come by a thing, Bárð. 175; láta lítið yfir sik, Fms. vii. 29. 2. over, through, across; austr yfir Foldina, Fms. i. 52; hann gékk yfir mark þat, Eg. 490; fara yfir ás nokkurn, ... klif bratt yfir at fara, 576; ríða yfir fljótið, Nj. 82; hverr reiddi yfir Markar-fljót, 142; yfir skóginn, Fms. v. 249; ríðu vestr yfir Lómagnúpssand, Nj. 255; yfir hafit, Fms. vi. 21; er hann kom suðr yfir Fjalir, iii. 36; sigla norðr yfir Foldina, viii. 132; síðan fóru þeir yfir Norðrá, Eg. 134; fara at veizlum yfir ríki sitt, Fms. i. 157; skógr er almannavegr liggr yfir, Fs. 4. II. metaph. over, beyond; hafa vöxt yfir e-n, to have growth over or above another, be taller, Fas. ii. 234; hafa höfuð ok herðar yfir e-n; fram yfir aðra menn, beyond, above, i. 27; yfir þat fram, beyond that, above that, Vm. 19; fram yfir Páskaviku, Sturl. i. 121; fram yfir Jól, Boll. 344; yfir hálf-þrítugt, Fms. ix. 33. III. of direction, with another prep.; yfir á Hól, Hrafn. 9; þeir fúru yfir a Katanes, Fms. ix. 424; þeir sigldu yfir undir Kaupmannaeyjar, 421; upp yfir; fram yfir Grjótteigsá, Hrafn. 6. IV. ellipt. and adverb, usages; sá kvittr kom yfir, passed over, Eg. 164; lesa yfir, to read, Dipl. iii. 10, Fms. x. 1; kveld kemr yfir, draws on, Finnb. 230; skýflóki gengr yfir, Bárð. 169; um nóttina þann tíma er hringdi yfir, Fms. x. 29; at hann myndi fljótara yfir bera ef hann riði, Hrafn. 7; hestrinn bar hann skjótt yfir ok víða, id.; undir at leiða eðr yfir at keyra, Gþl. 412; göra brú yfir, 411. 2. with verbs; bera, gnæfa, taka yfir, to surpass, passim; vofa yfir, to impend; búa yfir e-u, see búa; hylma ylir, to conceal; bætr yfir, to mend; verpa yfir, to calculate; drepa yfir e-t, to hush down; fara yfir, to pass over; líta, sjá yfir, to oversee, superintend; líða yfir, to pass over, also to faint; stíga yfir, to overcome; staupla yfir, sjást yfir, to overlook, neglect, etc., see the verbs. 3. var hann kátr yfir fram, exceedingly, Sturl. iii. 267; bjargit skútti yfir fram, Fms. vii. 81; sjá yfir upp, Edda 30.
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YKKR, dat. and acc. dual, [Ulf. ïggqis = GREEK, and ykkar, gen. dual = Goth. ïggqara = GREEK] :-- you, passim in mod. usage, where the dual ykkr has replaced the plur. yðr, hann beiddi ykkr alla að koma.
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YLGR, f., gen. ylgjar, dat. acc. ylgi; pl. ylgjar: a she-wolf, Edda i. 478; ylgr gékk á ná, Jd.; kom þar ylgr ein, sjá en sama ylgr ... tungan gékk ór ylginni, Fas. i. 125, 126; ylgjar-barn, ylgjar-áttbogi, a wolf's brood, breed; ylgjar sultr, fyllr, tafn, Lex. Poët.; láta eigi ylgi (acc. sing.) fasta, Km.; ala blóði byrsta ylgi (acc. sing.), Edda (Ht.) 2. metaph., einaga ylgr, the nickname of a termagant, or shrew, Bjarn. (in a verse); er hann var grimmr sjálfr, en hann hafði þá konu fengit, er ek veit mesta ylgi á Norðrlönd komið hafa, þá var honum þess ván, at hann mundi úlf undir fæða en ekki héra, Mirm. 159 (Ed. Mr. Kölbing, 1872).
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yr-þjóð, f. = ver-þjóð, the human kind; hve hann (nom.) yrþjóð (acc.) auði gnegir, how he bestows bounties on men, Ad.; allri yrþjóð, ... gramr varði yrþjóðum garð, vellekla.
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ÝMISS,
a
pronom.
adj.,
esp.
used
in
plur.;
in
Norwegian
MSS.
often
spelt
with
i,
ímiss,
ímser,
etc.;
imisir,
N.G.L.
ii.
391.
[This
word
is
a
compd,
the
latter
part
being
the
adverb
miss
or
mis,
for
which
see
p.
480;
the
prefixed
syllable
ý
answers
to
Goth.
aiw-
=
unquam,
GREEK;
O.H.G.
eo,
io;
Germ.
je;
A.S.
â;
Engl.
aye;
Hel.
io;
Icel.
æ;
see
Grimm's
Gramm.
iii.
51];
hence
the
oldest
form
has
a
double
ss,
being
.
uncontracted,
ýmissir,
acc.
ýmissa,
Stj.;
ýmissum,
Orkn.
(in
a
verse),
Skv.
3,
39;
this
uncontracted
form
still
remains
in
the
neut.
ýmist.
.
afterwards
it
was
contracted
and
turned
into
a
regular
participial
adjective
(see
Gramm.
p.
xix);
thus,
ýmsir,
ýmsar,
ýmis,
ýmsa,
or
even
dat.
ýmsum;
acc.
ýmsa,
ýmsar,
ýmis;
in
the
contracted
forms
the
vowel
is
sometimes
sounded
short
(ymsir).
.
a
radical
neut.
pl.
ýmsi,
Edda
46.
[Cp.
Swed.
ömse,
ömsom,
=
alternately;
ömsa
=
to
shift.]
B.
THE
USAGES:
alternate
=
Lat.
vicissim;
hann
kvað
ýmissa
(gen.
pl.)
vandræði
mundu
verða
ef
eigi
réðisk
bætr
á,
Íb.
8;
mega
ormar
þar
ýmsir
meira
ok
ýmsir
þar
undan
leggja,
Merl.
2.
18
(of
the
two
serpents);
Hákon
jarl
ok
Gunnhildar-synir
börðusk
um
Noreg
ok
stukku
ýmsir
ór
landi,
Fms.
i.
89;
færðu
ýmsir
aðra
niðr,
ii.
269;
höfðu
ýmsir
sigr,
Yngl.
S.
ch.
4;
lágu
ýmsir
undir,
Fs.
42;
ok
létu
þau
ýmsi
eptir,
ok
skrækti
hvárt-tveggja
við
hátt,
and
gave
way
in
turn,
Edda
46;
þau
sátu
í
einu
hásæti,
Ólafr
ok
drottning,
Dixin
talaði
við
þau
ýmsi,
D.
addressed
them
both
(the
king
and
the
queen)
in
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ÝR, m., gen. ýs, acc. dat. ý; [A. S, eow and iw; Engl. yew; O. H. G. íwa; Germ. eibe] :-- the yew-tree; menn kalla ý einn við, Skálda 171; ýs angr, the yew's bale, i.e. fire, Ó.H. (in a verse). The 'yew' has, strange enough, been omitted from the list of trees in Edda ii. 482, 483. 2. the name of the Rune Y, see introduction. 3. metaph. [cp. Gr. GREEK = a yew and GREEK = a bow], a bow; yew-wood making good bows, hence the Old Engl. custom of planting yew-trees in church- yards to furnish bows for the parish; sveigja ý, to bend a bow, Hofuðl.; ýr dregsk, the bow is bent, Edda (lit.); ý bendum skutu, the shot from the bent bow, Hallgr.; ýs bifvangr, the bow's shivering mansion, i. e. the hand, Kormak: as also ý-setr and ý-stétt, the bow-seat -- the hand: ý-skelflr, the bow-shaker, i. e. an archer, Lex. Poët.: ý-glöð, f. the 'yew-glad,' poét, the shaft, Edda ii. 494: ý-bogi (q. v.), a yew-bow: ý-dróg, the bow-string, poët.: ý-drótt (q. v.), archers: Ý-dalir, in. pl. Yew-dales, the home of the god Ullr, the great archer, Gm.
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