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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0643, entry 32 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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TRÖÐ, f., gen. traðar, pl. traðir; [akin to troða] :-- in the Norse, a piece of fallow land where cattle are kept grazing; ef maðr leggr tröð sína við akr eða eng annars manns, þá skal hann hverfa garði gildum um, Gþl. 407; af jörðu skal leggja fjórðung í tröð (trod Cod.), vetrar-myki alla skal reiða í tröð (treðe, v.l.) þar sem ómykjat er ... en ef tröð er mykjat, N.G.L. ii. 110 (tröð, tröðin, i. 240, l.c.); this sense remains in ör-tröð, in ganga í ör-tröð, a pasture overcrowded with sheep or cattle. II. in Icel. sense, a pen for cattle during the night; traðir vóru fyrir ofan garðinn á Hlíðarenda, ok námu þeir þar staðar með flokkinn, Nj. 114; graðungr einn í tröðinni ... í því stóra byrgi, sem nauta-hjörð föður hans stóð inni um nætr, Karl. 550; reka fénað lausan í hús inn eða tröð, Jb. 264; þeir menn er sambeit eiga upp á Völl skulu hafa í tröð fé sitt upp frá Ólafs-messu, Vm. 18. 2. in mod. usage, traðir means a lane leading up to the houses, which in old writers is called geil, q.v.; það kemr maðr ríðandi heim traðirnar. III. in local names, Traðir, Traðar-holt, Landn., Fs. COMPDS: traðar-garðr, m. the enclosure of a tröð, Gþl. 350 (where in the Norse sense). traðar-lag, n. enclosure of pastures, N.G.L. i. 239. traðar-veggr, m. the wall of a pen, in the Icel. sense, Sturl. ii. 209. traða-staðr, m. a place where to build a tröð (II), Jm. 20.
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út-hafi, a, m. the outlying pasture, Gþl. 368.
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VEIÐR, f. (mod. veiði), dat. and acc. veiði, pl. veiðar; a gen. veiði, veiði sinnar, Sks. 126 A, Str. 24, but esp. in compds, see below: [A.S. wâde; O.H.G. waida; Germ. weide = a pasture] :-- a catch, hunting, fishing, Ó.H. 79, 85; öll veiðr fugla ok fiska, K.Þ.K. 172; at sú veiðr hafi þar jafnan síðan til legit, Fms. i. 272; fara á veiðar, to go a hunting. Fas. ii. 263, Str. 28; veiðrin (the fish) hvarf þegar, Fms. i. 253 C, Ó.H. 78; fyrir útan netlög á hverr maðr veiði sína, en þat er veiðr er menn færa á skipi til lands, en flutning ella, Grág. ii. 360: metaph., vel væri at þá veiði bæri eigi undan, Nj. 69; þeir menn er veiðr mundi í vera, Eg. 121; í honum er þó veiðrin meiri, Nj. 155, 264. B. COMPDS: veiði-bjalla, u, f. a 'fish-bell,' a popular name in southern Icel. for the sea-gull, for by its cries it marks the shoals of fish for the fishermen. veiði-bráðr, adj. eager, too eager, and so losing the game; heldr v., Fms. viii. 176; hann bað menn sína vera eigi veiðibráða, ix. 491. veiði-brella, u, f. a trap, hunting device. veiði, búð, f. a hunting shed, Gþl. 454. veiði-dýr, n. deer, game, Stj. 560. veiðar-efni, n. a chance of a good catch, Grett. 99 A. veiði-fang, n. a catch, Ld. 38, Hkr. ii. 246. veiði-fangi, a, m. = veiðifang; allr veiðifangi, Fas. ii. 144. veiði-far, n. hunting or fishing, Sturl. ii. 195. veiði-ferð and veiði-för, f. a fishing or hunting expedition, Gísl. 73, 160, Þorf. Karl. 372. veiði-færi = veiðarfæri, Post. (Unger) 19. veiðar-færi, n. pl. id., Band. (MS.), Orkn. 262, Fbr. 143, Fms. iv. 89. veiði-gögn, n. pl. fishing gear, Gþl. 421, Ám. 91. veiði-hjörtr, m. a hart or stag for hunting, Stj. veiði-hundr, m. a hound, Fas. iii. 4, Barl. 137, N.G.L. i. veiði-kona, u, f. a huntress, Barl. veiði-konungr, m. hunting king, a nickname of king Gudröd the Hunter, Yngl. S. veiði-maðr, m. a sportsman (of a hunter, fowler, fisher), Eg. 14, Fms. x. 88, Ó.H. 85, MS. 623. 36, Þorf. Karl. 408, Sks. 127. veiði-matr, m. meat from game or fishing, Hým. 16, Karl. 482. veiði-mörk, f. a hunting forest, Str. 28, 48. veiði-skapr, m. a catch in hunting or fishing, Grett. 106 A; róa at veiðiskap, fishing, Nj. 25: game, Stj. 167; munum vér eigi þurfa veiðiskap at kaupa, to buy fish, Sturl. i. 12. veiði-spell, n. a spoiling the catch; göra v., Gþl. 428. veiði-staða, u, f. = veiðistöð, Landn. 280, Karl. 378, and in mod. usage. veiði-staðr, m. a fishing-place, Gþl. 362. veiði-stigr, m. id., Gþl. 448. veiði-strönd, f. = veiðistöð, Art. 35. veiði-stöð, f. a fishing-place, Grág. ii. 347, Eg. 135, Landn. 50, 290; í þá veiðistöð kem ek aldregi á gamals-aldri, Ld. 4. veiðar-tæki, n. = veiðarfæri, Stj. 71. veiði-vatn, n. a fishing lake, N.G.L. i. 41. veiði-ván, f. the expectation of a catch, Gþl. 456. veiði-vélar, f. pl. hunting-gear, traps, or the like, Gþl. 419, 456, Barl. 137, Post. (Unger) 19.
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D.N. vi. 143, Icel. Almanack. vetrar-far, n. the course of winter; sagði hón (the Sibyl) mönnum forlög sín ok vetrar-far ok aðra hluti, Fas. ii. 506; blótuðu þeir þá til friðar ok vetrarfars góðs, Fms. iv. 235. vetrar-höll, f. the winter hall, D.N. ii. 409. vetrar-langt, n. adj. the winter long, Fms. vii. 25. vetrar-megn, n. the depth of winter;þá var vetrarmegn ok treystisk hann eigi á haf at halda, Eb. 6. vetrar-messa, u, f. 'winter-mass' = Oct. 14, D.N. vetrar-myki, f. winter-muck, manure, Gþl. 342. vetrar-nauð, f. 'winter-need,' a severe winter, Ísl. ii. 155, Lv. 206. vetrar-nótt, f. a winter's night; þar skaltú sofa í ina fyrstu v., Fms. xi. 4. vetrar-ríki, n. = vetrarnauð, a severe winter, Eb. 290, Fbr. 41, v.l. vetrar-rúgr, m. winter rye, Gþl. 343. vetra-stefna, u, f. a winter term; nú vill hann til vetrar-stefnu jörð selja, fimmtán vetr, N.G.L. i. 92. vetra-tal, n. a number of winters, Rb. 508: years, fyrr rosknir at afli en vetra tali, Fms. i. 30, x. 230, 419. vetrar-tíð, f. winter-tide, Bb. 3. 34. vetrar-tími, a, m. winter-time, Stj. 69, 97, Bs. i. 324. vetrar-tungl, n. the winter moon, the moon when winter sets in, Icel. Almanack (Nov. 1, 1872). B. REAL COMPDS: vetr-beit, f. 'winter-bite,' winter pasture, Vm. 18. vetr-björg, f. winter-provender, Sturl. i. 173 C. vetr-gamall, adj. a winter old, i.e. a year old, Fms. i. 185, Grág. i. 236, Ld. 108: of sheep, Grág. i. 503. vetr-gata, u, f. a winter-road, Eg. 742 A. vetr-gemlingr, m. a 'winter-gimmel,' sheep a winter old, Grág. ii. 247. vetr-gestr, m. a winter-guest, Eg. 167, Ísl, ii. 391. vetr-grið, n. a winter-stay; hafa eitt v. báðir, Eg. 252; bjóða e-m v., id. vetr-hagi, a, m. a winter-pasture, Grág. ii. 325, Jb. 298. vetr-hluti, a, m. the winter part, Vm. 52. vetr-hringr, m. = vetrarbraut, the 'winter-ring' the milky-way, Pr. 478. vetr-hús, n. pl. winter-houses; at vetrhúsum eðr í seli, Ld. 138, Fs. 105: opp. to setr, Gþl. 438. vetr-liði, a, m. one wbo has past a winter, esp. a 'winter-old' bear, Edda i. 590, Grett.: also freq. as a pr. name, Landn. (mod. Norse Vetle); cp. Sumar-liði. vetr-ligr, adj. wintry, Sks. 39, Róm. 259. vetr-lægr, adj. lying up in harbour for the winter (Fr.) vetr-messa, u, f. the 14th of Oct. = vetrarmessa, Pm. 90. vetr-nætr, f. pl. the winter nights, the three days which begin the winter season, (in Icel. Almanack, 1872, the 24th till the 26th of October are the 'vetrnætr'): gener. the season when winter begins, fyrir vetrnætr, eptir vetrnætr, at vetrnöttum, etc., Grág. ii. 216, 220; for the feasts and sacrifices at that time (called vetrnátta blót), see Fms. i. 35, ii. 34, Gísl. 18, Eb. ch. 37; vetrnátta-helgr, the first Sunday in the winter-season, Sturl. iii. 167; vetrnátta skeið, the season when winter sets in; um vetrnátta skeið, Ld. 186, Gísl. 96. Fms. iii. 24, xi. 108 (cp. sumar-nætr). vetr-rúgr, m. winter-rye, Gþl. 343 A. vetr-seta, u, f. winter-quarters, Landn. 228, 310, Fms. ii. 29, Orkn. 112. vetr-seti, a, m. a 'winter-sitter' guest, D.N. i. 122. vetr-taka, u, f., in vetrtöku-maðr = vetrgestr, Grett. 100: vetrtaks-maðr, id., Rd. 286, Fbr. 89. vetr-vist, f. a winter-abode, winter quarters, Eg. 470, Landn. 218 (v.l.), Grág. i. 156, 158, Ó.H. 42.
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VIN, f., gen. vinjar; [Ulf. winja = GREEK, John x. 9; A.S. wine = a pasture; O.H.G. wini; see Grimm's Gramm. ii. 55, 56] :-- a meadow; nú görir hann sér hús ok hagi (perh. haga) ok vini (a house, a pasture, and a 'vin') þá skal biskup eigi taka hann ór setu sinni, N.G.L. i. 9: this ancient word also remains as appellative in vinjar-spann and vinjar-toddi, the technical name for an old Norse tax payable by every household, Ó.H. (see spann and toddi). II. freq. in Norse local names, Björg-vin, Sand-vin, Leik-vin, Horn-vin, Hellu-vin, Enda-vin, Skerf-vin, Töð-vin, Skað-vin, Dal-vin, Döl-vin, Vað-vin or Vöð-vin: usually altered into -yn, Björg-yn (-ynjar), Þópt-yn, Bambl-yn, Töð-yn: or -in, Leir-in, Ullar-in: or -ini, Vöð-ini, Döl-ini, Sköð-ini, Bónd-ini: lastly into -en, Berg-en: so also Skand-in qs. Skand-vin, cp. Scandinavia qs. Scand-in-avia. In Icel. these names are unknown, -- shewing that as early as the time of settlement the word had fallen into disuse as an appellative, see Munch's Norg. Beskr. (pref. xii, xiii).
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þræta, u, f., older and better þrætta, D.N. v. 57, B.K. 51, [Dan. trætte] :-- a quarrel, wrangling, litigation, Nj. 16, Fms. vi. 373, viii. 157, 338, Sks. 650, passim; þrætu-bók, a book of dialectics; þrætu hagi, a disputed pasture, Ann. 172. COMPDS: þrætu-dólgr, m. a quarrelsome litigant, Bs. ii. þrætu-gjarn, adj. fond of litigation. þrætu-mál, n. a litigation, Fms. vii. 219. þrætu-sterkr, adj. strong in dispute, Mar. þrætu-teigr = þrætuhagi, D.N.
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ör-tröð, n. an over-stocking of a pasture; ganga í örtröð, see tröð.
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