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horsc;
adj.
Quick,
ready,
active,
valiant,
applied
generally
to
mental
activity
[cf.
snel
active
:
Icel.
snjallr
eloquent],
wise,
sagacious,
sharp,
quick-witted
:--
Horsc
prudens,
Cot,
191,
Lye.
Hwylc
is
hæleþa
ðæs
horsc
and
ðæs
hygecræftig
ðæt
ðæt
m
ge
ásecgan
who
amongst
men
is
so
quick
and
cunning
of
mind
as
to
be
able
to
declare
that,
Exon.
l01
a;
Th.
380,
36;
Rä.
2,
1.
Nis
nig
ðæs
horsc
ne
ðæs
hygecræftig
ðe
ðín
frumcyn
mge
fira
bearnum
sweotule
geséðan,
11
a;
Th.
15,
24;
Cri.
241.
Horsc
and
hreðergleáw
herges
wísa
a
guide
of
the
host,
prompt
and
prudent,
Cd.
143;
Th.
178,
17;
Exod.
13.
On
horscum
wyllan
by
the
quick-flowing
[?]
spring,
Cod.
Dipl.
Kmbl.
iii.
456,
15.
Þurh
horscne
hád
through
wisdom,
Exon.
8
b;
Th.
4,
7;
Cri.
49.
Módum
horsce
sagacious
of
mind,
54
a;
Th.
190,
12;
Az.
72.
Horsce
mé
heredon
hilde
generedon
feóndon
biweredon
the
valiant
praised
me,
from
battle
saved
me,
from
foes
defended
me,
94
a;
Th.
353,
27;
Reim.
19.
[O.
Sax.
horsk
(hugiskaft)
:
Icel.
horskr
wise
:
O.
H.
Ger.
horsc
alacer,
celer,
præproperus,
volucer,
promtus,
sagax,
v.
Grff.
iv.
1039-42.]
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TÖNN, f., this word (like nagl, q.v.) was originally a masc. tann or tannr, like maðr, mannr, of which gender there are remnants in pr. names, Hildi-tannr, gen. Hildi-tanns, Edda (in a verse); dat. Hildi-tanni, see hildr B; it then became fem, tönn, gen. tannar, dat. acc. tönn, gen. pl. tanna, dat. tönnum; nom. pl. tenn (as if from maðr), skakkar tenn rhymes with menn, Skíða R. 5, 9; litlar tenn, Al. 3; with article, tennrnar, Fms. xi. 139; brjóta tenn ór höfði manns, Grág. ii. 11; acc. tennar, Bs. i. 641, l. 21 (perh. an error); old poët. pl. teðr rhyming with veðr, Lex. Poët.; mod. plur. is tönnur: [a word common to all Indo-Germ. languages; Goth. tunþus; A.S. tóð; Engl. tooth, pl. teeth; O.H.G. zand; Germ. zahn; Dan. and Swed. tand; Lat. dent-is; Gr. GREEK] :-- a tooth, including the sense of tusk; teðr hans, Eluc. 49; ór tönnum, Nj. 185; með tönnum, Eg. 233: phrases, glotta um tönn, or við tönn, to grin scornfully, Edda 30, Nj. 182, Ó.H. 114; rjóða tönn á e-m, to redden one's teeth, taste blood, metaph. from a beast of prey; hefi ek nú nakkvat roðit tönn á þeim er ek tók höndum Hákon jarl, Ó.H. 32: allit., tönn ok tunga, hafa tönn og tungu á öllu, to have tooth and tongue on everything, of a quick-witted child learning to speak; tungan vefst um tönn, see tunga; tungan leikr við tanna sár, the tongue touches on the tooth-wound, a saying, Mkv.; tæja tanna, see tæja; fram-tennr, the front teeth. 2. a tusk (of the walrus), Krók. ch. 9, Bs. i. 641; biskups-staf af tönn görvan ... grafa tönn, to carve, Bs. i. 143, cp. Skíða R. 199: a thing worked in walrus-tusk, Máríu-skript með tönn ..., húslker með tönn, Vm. 22, 54; buðkr með tönn, B.K. 84: in Icel. an ivory box, scent-box, snuff-box, or the like, is called tönn. 3. metaph. the tooth or iron of a plane, hefil-tönn: poët., lagar-tönn, 'sea-tooth' = a stone; foldar tönn, 'earth-tooth,' id., Lex. Poët.: the golden teeth of Heimdal, the Lucifer of the Northern mythology, represent the rays of the dawn. 4. hildi-tönn, a dog-tooth, usually called víg-tönn; skögul-tönn or skæl-tönn, a tusk; cp. tann-. COMPDS: tanna-far, n. tooth-marks. tanna-gangr, m. a tearing with the teeth, of beasts, Fas. iii. 378. tanna-gnastran, f. a gnashing of teeth, Fms. iii. 168; so also, tanna-gnistran, f., N.T. (gnísta tönnum).
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