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CÍNE, cýne, an; f. A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna :-- Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81. [Wyc. chyne: Dut. keen, f.]
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cínu,
e;
f.
A
chink,
fissure;
rima,
fissura
:--
Cínu
rima
vel
fissura,
Wrt.
Voc.
85,
18.
Gemétte
he
ðæt
fæt
swá
gehál
dæt
ð
r
nán
cínu
on
næs
gesewen
he
found
the
vessel
so
whole
that
there
was
no
chink
seen
in
it,
Homl.
Th.
ii.
154,
22.
v.
cíne,
an;
f.
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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0183, entry 19 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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cýne, an; f. A chink, fissure; rima :-- Ðæs leóhtes scíma þurh ða cýnan ðære dura ineóde the glare of the light came through the chinks of the door, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 19.
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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0060, entry 23 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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berg-rifa, u, f. a fissure in a rock, Symb. 56.
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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0061, entry 1 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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like beaten gold, Ísl. ii. 206; b. korn, to thresh corn, Magn. 520: metaph. to chide, scold, b. e-n illyrðum, ávítum, Nj. 64, Hom. 35 :-- with 'á', 'at', to knock, rap, strike, b. á hurð, á dyrr (or at dyrum), to rap, knock at a door, Th. 6; b. sér á brjóst, to smite on one's breast, in repentance, Fms. v. 122; b. at hurðu, Sturl. iii. 153; b. til e-s, á e-m, to give one a thrashing, Dropl. 23; er þú á konum barðir, Hbl. 38; hjartað barði undir síðunni, to beat, of the heart, Str. 6 (but hjartsláttr, throbbing of the heart), in mod. use reflex., hjartað berst, hjartað barðist í brjósti heitt, Pass. 2. 12: in the phrase, b. í brestina, to cry off a bargain, the metaphor is taken from hammering the fissure of a ring or the like, in order to hide the fault, Nj. 32. II. reflex., berjask, [cp. Fr. se battre; Germ, sich schlagen], to fight, Lat. pugnare, Boll. 360, Rd. 296, Fms. x. 86, Ísl. ii. 267, Fas. i. 255, Íb. 11: of a duel, ok þat með, at vit berimk her á þinginu, Eg. 351; b. við e-n, to fight with, Fms. xi. 86; b. á e-t, Lat. oppugnare, á borgina, i. 103, vii. 93, Stj. (freq.), seems to be a Latinism; b. til e-s, to fight for a thing; at b. til Englands, to invade England, Ísl. ii. 241, v. l.; b. orrostu, Lat. pugnam pugnare, Fms. vii. 79: of the fighting of eagles, Ísl. ii. 195. III. impers., with dat., it dashes against; skýja grjóti barði í augu þeim, the hailstones dashed in their eyes, Jd. 31; honum barði við ráfit kirkjunnar, he dashed against the roof, Bs. i. 804; þeim barði saman, they dashed against each other, id.
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brestr,
m.
pl.
ir,
(old
acc.
pl.
brestu,
Jd.
25),
an
outburst,
crash,
Eb.
230,
of
a
blow
against
a
metal
ring;
steinarnir
kómu
saman,
ok
varð
þar
við
b.
hár,
Glúm.
375
(cp.
heraðs-brestr,
vá-brestr),
Fms.
xi.
6,
7,
Fbr.
148,
Hkr.
i.
342;
her-brestr,
the
crash
produced
by
a
sort
of
powder
(cp.
Albertus
Magnus),
Bs.
i.
798,
799;
í
þeim
eldi
léku
laus
björg
stór
sem
kol
á
afli,
svá
at
í
þeirra
samkomu
urðu
brestir
svá
stórir,
at
heyrði
norðr
um
land
(of
a
volcano),
803;
mátti
heyra
stóra
bresti,
i.e.
the
clash
of
spears,
Flov.
33.
II.
a
chink,
fissure,
esp.
in
jewellery;
b.
á
gulli,
Vkv.
25,
cp.
24;
vóru
gimsteinar
svá
heilir
at
eigi
var
b.
á
þeim,
Joh.
623.
20;
kom
mér
þá
í
hug,
at
b.
hafði
verit
á
hringnum,
...
fleiri
brestina,
Ld.
126;
cp.
the
phrase,
berja
í
brestina,
v.
berja,
to
cry
off
a
bargain,
Nj.
32.
2.
metaph.
a
crack,
chink;
bresti
er
í
þeim
ráðahag
hafa
verit,
Ld.
128.
.
want,
loss;
hvert
ábati
eðr
b.
í
varð,
Fms.
xi.
441;
þar
eptir
fylgir
b.
bús,
Bb.
i.
12;
hýbýla-brestr,
domestic
misfortune,
Gísl.
79.
III.
a
rattle
(hrossa-brestr).
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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0374, entry 6 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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laski, a, m. a flaw, fissure in wood. II. the wrist-piece of a gauntlet beneath the thumb, (opp. to ló or lóð = the finger part); the phrase, á ló og laski! The foreman of a fishing-boat divides the catch of fish into two heaps, then throws a glove between these heaps, and turning his face away shouts, á ló og laski! whereupon each man of the crew has, in his turn, to choose either the ló or the laski, and take his share according to the side to which the laski or the ló points.
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rifa, u, f. [Scot. rive], a rift, rent, cleft, fissure, Sks. 210, freq. in mod. usage; bjarg-rifa, kletta-rifa, also a rift in a wall between two planks.
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sprunga, u, f. a chink, fissure; jökul-s., a crevice.
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