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HAMR, m., pl. hamir, dat. hami, Vsp. 36, but ham, Höfuðl. (where ham, gram, and fram form a rhyme), as also Haustl. 2, Hkr. i. 228, all of them poems of the 10th century; [A. S. hama, homa; Hel. hamo; O. H. G. hemedi, whence mod. Germ. hemd; Dan. ham; akin to hamr is Ital. camisa, Fr. chemise, with a final s answering to hams below] :-- a skin, esp. the skin of birds flayed off with feathers and wings; álptar-hamr, a swan's skin; fugls-hamr, a bird's skin; arnar-hamr, an eagle's skin; gásar-hamr, a goose's skin, etc.; hams, q.v., of snakes: ham bera svanir hvítfjaðraðan (of a swan's skin), Fas. i. 471 (in a verse); hleypa hömum (of snakes), to cast the slough, Konr. 34; hlátra hamr, poët. laughter's cover, the breast, Höfuðl. 19. II. shape, esp. in a mythol. sense, connected with the phrase, skipta hömum, to change the shape, described in Yngl. S. ch. 7, Völs. S. ch. 7, 8, and passim; cp. also the deriv. ein-hamr, ham-farir, ham-ramr, ham-stola, hamingja, hamask, etc., -- an old and widespread superstition found in the popular lore and fairy tales of almost every country; -- Óðinn skipti hömum, lá þá búkrinn sem sofinn eðr dauðr, en hann var þá fugl eða dýr, fiskr eða ormr, ok fór á einni svipstund á fjarlæg lönd, Yngl. S. l.c., Fas. i. 128 (Völs. S. l.c.); it is described in Völs. S. ch. 8, -- þeir hafa orðit fyrir úsköpum, því at úlfa-hamir (wolf-coats) héngu yfir þeim; it tíunda hvert dægr máttu þeir komask ór hömunum, etc.; þeir fundu konur þrjár ok spunnu lín, þar vóru hjá þeim álptar-hamir þeirra, Sæm. 88 (prose to Vkv.); fjölkyngis-kona var þar komin í álptar-ham, Fas. i. 373, cp. Helr. 6; víxla hömum, to change skins, assume one another's shape, Skv. 1. 42; Úlf-hamr, Wolf-skin, the nickname of a mythol. king, Hervar. S., prob. from being hamramr; manns-hamr, the human skin, Str. 31; hugða ek at væri hamr Atla, methought it was the form or ghost of Atli, Am. 19; jötunn í arnar-ham, a giant in an eagle's skin, Vþm. 37, Edda; í gemlis-ham, id., Haustl.; fjaðr-hamr, Þkv.; í faxa-ham, in a horse's skin, Hkr. i. (in a verse); í trölls-hami, in an ogre's skin, Vsp. 36; vals-hamr, a falcon's skin, Edda (of the goddess Freyja): it remains in mod. usage in metaph. phrases, að vera í góðum, íllum, vondum, ham, to be in a good, bad, dismal
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sound
in
the
fells,'
of
one
who
is
crest-fallen;
see
verses
in
Nj.
249,
Háv.
34
new
Ed.,
Dropl.
31,
nú
kná
þjóta
annan
veg
í
fjöllum,
now
the
fells
resound
with
another
tale;
nú
þykir
henni
eigi
batna
hljóðið
í
sögunni,
the
tale
began
to
sound
dismal,
Clar.:
so
in
the
phrase,
það
er
gott
(slæmt,
dauft)
hljóð
í
e-m,
to
be
in
a
good
(or
moody)
state
of
mind.
III.
plur.
esp.
in
mod.
usage:
.
crying
aloud,
a
cry,
of
a
child
or
one
in
paroxysms
of
pain;
Heyr
mín
hljóð,
hear
my
cry!
Hólabók
276;
hljóðin
heyrðusk
út
fyrir
dyr
(of
a
sick
person);
það
linnir
ekki
af
hljóðum
(of
a
baby).
.
howling,
screaming;
og
þeirra
hljóð
(pl.)
og
höfuð-prestanna
tóku
yfir,
Luke
xxiii.
23;
ó-hljóð,
dissonance,
i.e.
screaming,
howling.
.
music.
voice;
hafa
fögr
hljóð,
a
sweet
voice;
há,
mikil,
veyk,
dimm,
hvell
hljóð,
a
high,
strong,
weak,
deep,
pealing
voice;
Syng
þú
ungr
mest
sem
mátt
|
meðan
hljóð
þín
fagrt
gjalla,
...
eintóm
hljóð
úr
forfeðranna
gröfum,
Bjarni
142:
the
same
distinction
is
sometimes
observed
in
old
writers,
syngja
með
fögrum
hljóðum,
Stj.
606,
Bs.
i.
155;
þar
gengr
hæst
í
hljóðunum,
there
the
tune
reached
the
highest
pitch,
Mar.
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HNÖGGVA or hnyggja, a defect. strong verb; pres. hnyggr; pret. hnögg (hnaugg), Thom. 503; part. hnugginn; [akin to hníga] :-- to humble, bring down, with dat.; hnyggr þú andskotum, Fms. vi. 175 (in a verse); með hnöggvanda fæti, with staggering feet, Thom. 337; skip nyghðo (i.e. hnuggu, 3rd pers. pl. pret.), the ship lay adrift (?), Fagrsk. 44 (in a verse) :-- part. hnugginn, bereft; miklu h., bereft of much, Gm. 51; sigri h., Fms. vii. 58 (in a verse); h. hverjum leik, Lex. Poët.: sad, dismal, downcast, svip-h., a sad countenance, freq. in mod. usage.
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kvíð-bjóðr, m. a dismal foreboding, Bs. i. 145.
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ORG, n. a howling, screaming; this word, which is very popular in mod. usage, is not found in old writers; it was prob. in the 14th or 15th century derived from the 'organ' used in churches, -- a dismal testimony to the character of the instrumental music of Icel. at that time.
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snugg-íllr, adj. dismal; var heldr snuggíllt veðr, chilly weather, Grett. 111 A.
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til-lit, n. [cp. Germ. ant-litz], a look, glance; hefir Höttr íllt t., a dismal look, Fas. i. 67: an opinion, Guðs vilja ok réttsýnna manna tilliti, Fms. iv. 112: the looking after a thing.
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tor-rek, n. (qs. tor-wrek, a dismal wreck, sad loss), a loss, detriment; ef maðr er stolinn fé sínn ... ok lýsa sínu torreki, N.G.L. i. 83; furðu mikit t. görir faðir þinn sér at, Hkr. i. 73; várt t. lízk verra, Sighvat: the name of a poem, Sona-torrek, Sons' loss, Eg.
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trauð-mál, n. pl. dismal sayings, laments, Gh. 1.
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TREGA, irreg. verb, pres. tregr, pret. tregði, part. tregað, with suffixed neg. tregr-að, Gh. 2: part. tregnar, Hðm. 1. The mod. form is trega, að, which, though but rarely, occurs in vellums, e.g. tregaði, Bs. i. 301, in a vellum of the earlier part of the 14th century; [A.S. tregjan] :-- to grieve, used impers.; fjölð er þat er fíra tregr, many are the woes of man, Sdm. 30; tregr mik þat, Gkv. 3. 2; hví tregrað ykkr teiti at mæla, how can ye be glad? Gh. 2; (hana) tregði för friðils, Vkv. 27; þat mál er mik meirr tregi, 35; alla menn tregr fall grams, the king's death grieves all men, Hkr. i. (in a verse); tregnar iðir, dismal thoughts(?), Hðm. 1; marga menn tregaði mjök andlát Þorláks biskups, many were grieved over Th.'s death, Bs. i. 301; munaðar-ríki hefir margan tregað, brought many to grieve, Sól. 10. 2. in mod. usage, person., hann (nom.) tregaði, he wailed.
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