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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0457, entry 1 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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or weather, var allhvasst á norðan, Fms. ix. 20, v. l. 2. of direction; Gunnarr stóð n. at Rangæinga-dómi, Nj. 110; Gizurr ok Njáll stóðu n. at dóminum, 87 :-- fyrir norðan, with acc. north of, fyrir n. Jökul, 192, 261; fyrir n. Vall-land, Grág. ii. 141; fyrir n. heiðina, Eg. 275; fyrir n. land (in the north of Icel.), Nj. 251. COMPDS: norðan-fjalls, adv. north of the fell. norðan-fjarðar, adv. north of the firth, Gþl. 9. norðan-gola, u, f. a breeze from the north. norðan-hret, n. a gale from the north. norðan-lands, adv. in the north, H. E. i. 435, Dipl. iv. 8. norðan-maðr, m. a man from the north, Ísl. ii. 363, Sturl. iii. 84 C. norðan-sjór, m. a sea, current from the north. norðan-stormr, m. a storm from the north, Bs. i. 533. norðan-strykr, m. a gale from the north, Ísl. ii. 135. norðan-veðr, n. = northerly winds, Nj. 124, Fs. 153, Rb. 440. norðan-verðr, adj. 'northwards,' northern, Stj. 75, Fms. xi. 411, Edda 13. norðan-vindr, m. a north wind, Rb. 440, Sks. 40, Fms. ii. 228.
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RÖST, f., gen. rastar, pl. rastir, qs. vröst(?); [cp. reistr, rist; Engl. race; Norm. Fr. raz] :-- a current, stream in the sea, such as the Pentland Firth; nú ef maðr hittir hval á röstum út, Gþl. 464; sigldu þeir í röst norðr fyrir Straumneskinum, ... féll um sjórinn ok því næst vellti ... hann lagðisk út í röstina, Fms. ix. 320; ok er þeir sigldu yfir Petlands-fjörð, var uppi röst mikil í firðinum, x. 145; vestr í röstum, Orkn. 154 (in a verse): in local names, Látra-röst in western Iceland. rasta-fullr, adj. full of currents, Sks. 223.
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Sálpti, m. the name of a firth in Norway, Grett., Munch's Norg. Beskr.; whence Sálpt-verjar, m. pl. the men from S., Fms. ix. 471.
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stefna and stemna, d, [stafn, stamn], to 'point with the stem' to stand in a certain direction, (esp. of sailing, from which the metaphor is taken); s. inn fjörðinn, Landn. 56, Eg. 128: s. út ór firði. to stand out of the firth, Ó.H. 37; s. út á haf, Fms. i. 26; þeir stefndu inn í Víkina, 60; s. á land upp, vii. 202; s. til bæjarins, Eg. 230; þat stefndi til Rúts-staða, Nj. 35 :-- to aim at, höggit stefndi á fótlegginn, the blow aimed at the leg, Fms. vii. 325; sendi ör af lásboga, þó óafvitandi á hvern hann stefndi, Stj. 604: phrases, e-m verðr nær stefnt, to escape narrowly, Fms. viii. 328; betr enn til var stefnt, better than it was begun, of luck better than foresight, ix. 414; stefna sér til örkumla, to court, expose oneself to, Bjarn. 56. II. a law term, to give notice to one, summon him, the person in dat., Grág., N.G.L., Nj.; s. manni í dóm, til alþingis, etc., passim; s. e-m um e-t, Grág. i. 107; s. um sök, 21: with a double dat., s. manni þeirri sök er tólftar-kviðr fylgir, to summon a person in such a case, 20; ek skal þér Mörðr vera ok stefna þér af konunni, Nj. 15. 2. to cite, of a case; stefna sök, to call a case into court, Grág. i. 36; s. máli, Nj. 33; s. dómi til rofs, Grág. ii. 101; s. til alþingis, i. 106; s. í hvárt þing sem vill, 162: the word is used in countless instances in Grág., Nj., and the Sagas: to recite the summons, hann stefndi fyrir málinu, en hann mælti eptir ok stefndi rangt, Nj. 35. 3. to call together, with acc., of a meeting; s. þing, to call a meeting, Fb. ii. 38, Ld. 2, Hkr. iii. 26, Fær. 119, Eg. 338 :-- s. saman, to call together; stefna saman þegn ok þræl, Stj. 611; s. saman öllum lýð, 541; s. at sér liði, to summon the troops, Eg. 270; s. til sín, 26, 32, 269; s. at sér mönnum, to gather men, Nj. 104; stemna stemnu, to summon formally, Grág. i. 108; s. veizlu, to bid people to a feast, Fms. xi. 45; þessi ætlan er nú er stefnd, Hkr. iii. 384.
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sunnan, adv. from the south; suðr ok sunnan, Sturl. i. 194, Vsp. 4, 5; halda, koma, fara, ríða, sigla, róa ... s., Fms. i. 27, passim. 2. of direction without motion; Gizurr stóð sunnan at Rangæinga-dómi, Nj. 110; sunnan undir heiðinni, Eg. 277; fyrir sunnan, with acc. and absol., Ld. 10, Grág. ii. 141; fyrir sunnan land, in the south of the land, Ld. 6; vóru þeir fyrir s. at komnir. Eg. 99; í borg þeirri er næst var heiðinni fyrir s., on the south side of the heath, 281; leggja hann í steinvegginn í Krists-kirkju fyrir sunnan, the south wall of a church, Fms. vii. 291. COMPDS: sunnan-ferð, f. a journey from the south, Fms. vii. 282. sunnan-fjarðar, adv. south of the firth, Gþl. 9. sunnan-herr, m. a southern army, Fas. i. 374. sunnan-lands, adv. in the south, H.E. i. 437. sunnan-maðr, m. a southerner, Ísl. ii. 362. sunnan-veðr, n. a southerly wind, Fms. iv. 306, vii. 310. sunnan-verðr, adj. 'south-wards,' southern, Edda 12; sunnanvert England, Eg. 271; á sunnan-verðu Íslandi, Landn. 25; réttsýni upp í sunnanverða Hundatjörn, Dipl. v. 19. sunnan-vindr, m. a southerly wind, Fms. i. 128, xi. 34, Sks. 40, 217.
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svelgr, m. [Shetl, swelchie], svelga, a swirl, whirlpool, current, stream, = röst, q.v.; var þar eptir svelgr í hafinu, Edda; sem svelgr í hafi eða Sirtes aðr Scylla, Al. 50. 2. esp. as a local name of the race in the Pentland Firth, Orkn. 276, Ó.H. 193, Fms. x. 145. II. metaph. a swallower, spendthrift; þú inn gráðugi svelgr, El. 95; hvel-svelgr himins, Edda (in a verse); vín-svelgr, a wine-swiller, drunkard: hræ-svelgr, carrion-devourer, Vþm.
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sverri- in poët, compds, sverri-flagð, the mighty ogress; sverri-fjörðr, the mighty firth; sverri-gjörð, the vast belt of the land, i.e. the main sea, Lex. Poët.: Sverrir, a pr. name (of king Sverri), the worthy(?).
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Sygnir, m. pl. the men from Sogn, a county and firth in Norway, Orkn. 214, Fms.; Sygna-fylki, the county of Sogn, x. 168; Sygna-kappi -kjúka, -trausti, a nickname, Landn., Gísl., Fb. iii; Sygna-ræsir, the king of Sygnir, i.e. the Norse king, Hallfred: Sygnskr, adj. from Sogn, Fms.
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i. 397; Sks. 258, Fms. xi. 394, x. 403; fyrir útan leyfi, Sks. 548; fyrir útan allar flærðir, 358; fyrir smala-för útan, except, Grág. i. 147; fyrir þat útan, 139; þar fyrir útan (Dan. desforuden), Fms. iii. 44: as adverb, svá at af gengu nafarnar fyrir útan, Eb. 118; þá menn er land eigu fyrir útan, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 80. B. In COMPDS, prefixed to gen.: útan-borðs, [Dan. udenbords], overboard, Sturl. i. 118, Fms. vii. 202, v.l. útan-borgar, out of town, Mar., Blas. 50, Fms. xi. 160. útan-bókar, without book; kunna, læra ú., by rote. útan-brautar, out of the way, left in the cold, Bs. i. 728, MS. 625. 189. útan-bæjar, outside the town, Arons S. (Bs. i. 517). útan-fjarðar, outside the firth, Vm. 165, N.G.L. i. 174. útan-fjórðungs, outside the quarter, Grág. i. 165: útanfjórðungs-maðr, m. a person living outside the quarter, Grág. i. 96. útan-fótar (opp. to innan-fótar), on the outside of the foot (leg), Nj. 97, Fas. iii. 357. útan-garða, outside the yard (house), Grág. ii. 222, 233, Fsm. 1. útan-garðs, outside the fence, Grág. i. 82, 448, ii. 263, N.G.L. i. 42: outside the farm, Ám. 6, 26. útan-gátta, out-of-doors, Stj. 436. útan-hafnarfat, an outer cloth. útan.-hafs, beyond the sea, Stj. 93. útan-héraðs, outside the district, Js. 92: útanhéraðs-maðr (-strákr), m. a man not belonging to the county, Ld. 228, 272, Bs. i. 627. útan-hrepps, outside the Rape, Grág. i. 293, 447: útanhrepps-maðr, m. an outsitter, Grág. i. 448, K.Þ.K. útan-lands and útan-lendis, abroad, Eg. 185, 195, 691, Hkr. ii. 114, Fms. iii. 118, vi. 233, vii. 121: útanlands-maðr, m. a foreigner, Grág. i. 224, ii. 405: útanlands-siðir, m. pl. outlandish, foreign manners, Fms. vii. 171. útan-lærs, outside the thigh, Eg. 298. útan-sóknar, out of the parish, N.G.L.: útansóknar-maðr, m. a man not of the parish, H.E. i. 483. útan-stafs, outside the border; eignir þær er ú. eru kallaðar ok í almenningum eru, N.G.L. i. 125. útan-steins, outside the stone, Fas. i. 514. útan-sveitar, out of the sveit: útansveitar-maðr, m. an alien to the sveit, Fs. útan-þinga, outside the parish, Pm. 47. útan-þings, outside the þing (the place), N.G.L. i. 63: útanþings-maðr, m. a man of another district, Grág. i. 85.
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vestan, adv. from the west; vestr eða vestan, Ld. 126; vestan ór Fjörðum, Nj. 14, passim: the phrase, vestan um haf, 'from west over the sea,' i.e. from the Western Islands, a special phrase for the British Isles across the North Sea, Fms. i. 26: or simply vestan, at hann var vestan kominn, viz. from Britain, Eg. 74; even used of a voyage from thence to Iceland, Ráðólfr ok Jólfgeir bræðr kómu vestan um haf til Íslands, Landn. 298. 2. of position without motion; fyrir vestan (with acc.), on the western side of; fyrir vestan vötnin, Nj. 196; fyrir vestan Heinabergs-sand Sóta nes, 158, Fms. i. 60, Landn. 194, passim; út um Álptafjörð fyrir vestan, in the west, Nj. 215. COMPDS: vestan-bæjar, f. west of the houses. vestan-ferð, f. a journey from the west, Fms. viii. 15 (from Faroe to Norway). vestan-fjarðar, west of the firth. vestan-lands, in the west. vestan-maðr, m. a man from the west, Sturl. ii. 204, iii. 86, Ísl. ii. 170, Gullþ. 45. vestan-veðr, n. a west wind, Eb. 234, Rb. 440. vestan-verðr, adj. westwards, western, Stj. 75, Eg. 135, Þorst. Síðu H. 7. vestan-vindr, m. a west wind, Sks. 39, Stj. 69.
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