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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0626, entry 27 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry] |
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TÁL,
f.,
pl.
tálar,
in
mod.
usage
neut.
when
sing.;
thus
dat.
táli,
Pass.
33.
2;
but
af
tál
(dat.
fem.),
Bs.
ii.
(in
a
verse);
[A.S.
tæ;
Early
Engl.
tele;
cp.
Lat.
d
lus;
Gr.
GREEK;
the
Icel.
vowel
is
long,
as
if
denoting
some
contraction]
:--
a
bait,
allurement;
önga
vél
eðr
tál,
Fms.
v.
172;
mæla
tál
ok
hégóma,
to
talk
deceitfully
and
untruthfully,
Nj.
258;
hverjum
manni
er
tál
at
mæla
annat,
Fms.
vi.
(in
a
verse);
verðr
þat
mörgum
tál,
Pass.
2.
pl.
devices;
tálar
ok
svik
er
fyrir
hann
vóru
settar,
Fms.
x.
339;
draga
á
tálar,
to
draw
into
a
trap,
betray,
Al.
46:
to
defraud,
eigi
vil
ek
þik
á
tálar
draga,
Grett.
112;
sá
er
Svein
konung
sveik
ór
landi
ok
Tryggva-son
á
tálar
dró,
Ó.T.
(in
a
verse);
öngan
drögum
vér
á
tálar,
we
defraud
none,
2
Cor.
vii.
2;
verða
e-m
at
tálum,
to
betray,
Sól.
20;
tældr
miklum
tálum,
Alm.
36.
COMPDS:
tálar-dísir,
f.
pl.
false
fairies,
Skv.
2.
24.
tál-gröf,
f.
a
pit
used
as
a
trap,
Sks.
425,
Eluc.
34.
tál-hreinn,
m.
a
decoy-reindeer,
used
as
a
stale
or
lure
to
catch
other
deer,
a
GREEK.
in
Haustl.
3,
for
this
prob.
is
the
sense;
and
this
may
have
been
the
very
Norse
word
that
Óttarr
(Ohthere)
used
to
king
Alfred,
and
which
the
king
rendered
into
English
by
stæl-hrânas;
but
see
hreinn.
tál-lauss,
adj.
guileless,
Merl.
2.
8l;
n.
tállaust,
as
adverb,
forsooth,
verily,
Fms.
ix.
(in
a
verse).
tállaus-liga,
adv.
sincerely,
Bs.
i.
170,
MS.
655
xi.
4.
tál-ráð,
n.
devices,
Merl.
i.
24.
tál-samligr,
adj.
treacherous,
Fms.
x.
305.
tál-samr,
adj.
id.,
Merl.
2.
45.
tál-sigi,
a,
m.
a
treacherous
bit,
a
bait,
Fb.
ii.
290.
tál-smuga,
u,
f.
a
treacherous
hole
to
slip
through;
opt
eru
tæpar
tálsmugur,
Hallgr.
tál-snara,
u,
f.
a
treacherous
snare.
tálar-snara,
u,
f.
id.,
Bs.
i.
244.
tál-vinr,
m.
a
treacherous
friend,
Gísl.
(in
a
verse).
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TVÍ-, [Germ. zwei-], twice, double, in many COMPDS: tví-angaðr, adj. double-forked, Fas. iii. 385. tví-aukinn, part. twofold, H.E. i. 437. tví-baka, u, f. [Germ. zwiebach], a biscuit (mod.) tví-benda, u, f. a complicity, entanglement. tví-breiðr, adj. of double breadth, of cloth, Vm. 10, N.G.L. iii. 205, D.N. ii. 1127. tví-buri, a, m. a twin, esp. in dual, Fms. i. 4, Slurl, i. 1, Rb. 100; in the N.T. = GREEK; tvíbura-merki, the Twins or Gemini, Rb. tví-burur, f. twin sisters, Str. 15, Fas. i. 358. tví-byrðingr, m. a twofold shield, Gþl. 103. tví-byrðr, part. double-lined, B.K., D.N.: of a shield, N.G.L. ii. 42. tví-bytna, u, f. a bottomless lake or pit, in popular belief, or thought to be in hidden connection with the sea. tví-býli, n. a double household, on one farm (opp. to einbýli), Eb. 38, Vm. 83, Lv. 71. tví-böllr, m. a double ball, Skálda 177. tví-dreginn, part. double-lined, Jb. 187; klæði tvídregin, Ann. 1330. tví-drægni, f. discord, tví-drægr, adj. ambiguous, Fms. ix. 255, 324, 502. tví-dyrðr, part. double-doored, Eb. 274, Fms. vi. 121, Fs. 66, Þiðr. 143. tví-dægra, the name of a mountain desert taking two 'dægr' to cross, Ísl. ii. 345, Ann. 1242. tví-eggjaðr, part. two-edged, Stj., Sks., N.T. tví-elleptr, part. twice eleven; in the phrase, vera t., to be a twenty-two-year-old, i.e. in high vigour and spirits, Fas. i. 98. tví-eln, adj. two ells broad, Grág. i. 498, 504. tví-eyringr, m. worth or weighing two ounces, Landn. 258, Eb. 10. tví-falda, að, to fold, double, Stj. 53, Sks. 763, N.G.L. i. 23, Alg. 360. tví-faldan, f., arithm. doubling, Skálda 191, Alg. 360. tvífald-leikr, m. twofoldness, Stj. 263, Hom. (St.) tvífald-ligr, adj. of twofold kind, Sturl. i. 121, K.Á. 74. tví-faldr, adj. twofold, double, K.Á. 46, 136, Sks. 225, 405, Vm. 168, Hom. 10, passim. tví-fóðraðr, part. double-lined, Fms. vi. 422. tví-fættr, adj. two-footed, Lat. bi-pes. tví-gilda, d, to pay double, Gþl. 378, K.Á. 80. tví-gildr, adj. of double value. tví-giptr, part. twice married. tví-görr, part. double, Þiðr. 80, 81. tví-heilagt, n. adj. twice hallowed, of two holidays following one another. tví-henda, d, to hurl or wield with two hands, Edda 122, Korm. 136, Fms. x. 383, Grett. 45, 178 new Ed. tví-hendis, adv.; höggva t. = tvíhenda, D.N. tví-hljóðr, m. a diphthong, Skálda 177. tví-hólkaðr, part. mounted with a double ring, Þorf. Karl. 376. tví-húsaðr, part. double-housed, Stj. 57. tví-hætta, u, f. a dilemma; in the phrase, leggja á tvíhættu, to run a risk, Fær. 144. tví-höfðaðr, part. two-headed. Fas. iii. 574. tví-kenndr, part. with double circumlocution, in poetry, Edda 122: of double meaning, 110. tví-klifa, að, to harp twice on the same, repeat, Sks. 307. tví-klýpt, part. a bad reading for tví-kylft. tví-kostr, m. a choice between two, an alternative, Fas. ii. 68; hafa ekki ef eða tvíkost á e-u, Barl. 173; bjóða e-m tvíkosti, Mag. tví-kvángaðr, part. twice married, Bs. i. 233. tví-kveða, kvað, to repeat, Edda 133. tví-kvenni, n. bigamy, Grág. i. 367. tví-kvíslaðr, part. two-pronged, Þiðr. 178, Bær. 19. tví-kylft, part. [kylfa, the verb], stammering, of metre, a metrical term, Ht. 45. tví-lembdr, part. with two lambs, Rétt. 2. 5. tví-litaðr, mod. tví-litr, adj. parti-coloured, Stj. 306. tví-loðinn, adj. double-hairy, thick, of fur, Fbr. 145. tví-mánuðr, m. the double month, the fifth month in the summer; in the Almanack for 1872 this month begins on the 27th of August and ends on the 25th of September, which answers to the 15th of August to the 15th of September
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