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NAGL, m., pl. negl, in mod. usage nögl, f., gen. naglar, pl. neglr. Fas. ii. 370 (paper MS.); [A.S. nagel; Engl. nail; O.H.G. nakal; Germ. nagel; Dan. negl; Lat. unguis; Gr. GREEK] :-- the nail, Edda 110; negl ok hár, Fms, vi. 402, Fb. ii. 375; nagl sinn, Art. 70; á nornar nagli, Sdm.; hans negl vóru svá sterkir, Bev. 20; blóð stökk undan hverjum nagli, ... hann skóf nagl sinn, Fas. i. 285; þat skip er gört af nöglum dauðra manna, ef maðr deyr með úskornum nöglum, Edda 41; hár eða negl eða frauðafætr, used for witchery, N.G.L. i. 362; kart-nagl, Nj. 52. COMPDS: nagls-rætr, f. pl. the root of the nail, Grág. i. 501. nagl-æta, u, f. disease of the nail, Fél.
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NAGLI, a, m. [A.S. nægel; Engl. nail; Dan. nagle] :-- a nail, spike; naglar í skipi, Skálda 192; eyri fyrir nagla hvern ok ró á, N.G.L. i. 100; hurðin brotnaði at nöglum, Ó.H. 117, passim; tré-n., járn-n., hestskó-n. (a horseshoe-nail), Bs. i. 382: metaph., var-n., slá varnagla fyrir e-u, to take precaution :-- a peg, þar vóru í naglar, þeir hétu regin-naglar, Eb. 10 :-- medic. the core of a boil, kveisu-n. COMPDS: nagla-far, n. a nail-print, John xx. 25. nagla-fastr, adj. fastened with nails, Gþl. 346.
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STRÖND, f., gen. strandar, dat. ströndu and strönd, pl. strendr and strandir, the latter being the older form used in local names; [A.S., Engl., and Dan.-Swed. strand] :-- a border, edge; skjöld, ok gylltir naglar ok strendr, Fms. vii. 323. II. a strand, coast, shore (not of a river, though the London Strand is such); allt annat lið hans stóð eptir á ströndu, Fms. i. 159; ferr hann til strandar, Fas. ii. 505, Gh. 13; öll hin nyrðri strönd Seyðis-fjarðar, Landn. 252; á hvárri-tveggju strönd, Gísl. 8; á inni syðri strönd, id.; hér fyrir ströndinni, Fms. viii. 230; ná-strönd. III. freq. in local names, of a coast-land, Strönd, Strandir, and in compds, Horn-strandir, Barða-strönd, Skarð-strönd, Meðalfells-strönd, Sýr-strönd, Landn. COMPDS: strandar-glópr, m. a strand-fool; in the phrase, verða s., of one who arrives after the ship has sailed, Bs. i. 482, Sturl. i. 165. stranda-menn, m. pl. men from the county Strand. Sturl. ii. 169 (= Strendir).
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