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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0148, entry 2
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B. Fé- in COMPDS, usually in sense II, sometimes in sense I: fé-auðna, u, f. money luck. féauðnu-maðr, m. a man lucky in making money, Band. 4. fé-boð, n. an offer of money, Lv. 62, Fms. v. 26, 369, 656 A. 17; a bribe, Grág. i. 72. fébóta-laust, n. adj. without compensation, Glúm. 358. fé-brögð, n. pl. devices for making money, Fms. xi. 423, 623. 21. fé-bætr, f. pl. payments in compensation, esp. of weregild, opp. to mann-hefndir, Nj. 165, Eg. 106, Fs. 53, 74, Ísl. ii. 386. fé-bættr, part. paid for weregild, Gullþ. 12. fé-drengr, m. an open-handed man, Nj. 177. fé-drjúgr, adj. having a deep purse, Ld. 46. fé-fastr, adj. close-fisted, Ísl. ii. 392, Bs. i. 74. fé-fátt, n. adj. in want of money, Eg. 394, Fms. iii. 180, Hkr. iii. 422. fé-fellir, m. losing one's sheep, Lv. 91. fé-festi, f. close-fistedness, Grett. 155 C. fé-fletta, tt, to strip one of money, cheat one, Fas. iii. 103, v.l. fé-frekr, adj. greedy for money, Rd. 314. fé-föng, n. pl. booty, plunder, spoil, Fms. iii. 18, vii. 78, Eg. 57, 236, Gullþ. 5, Sks. 183 B. fé-gefinn, part. given for (and to) gain, Band. 4, Valla L. 201. fé-girnd, f. avarice, Hom. 86, Al. 4, Pass. 16. 7, 10. fé-girni, f. = fégirnd, Sks. 358, Band. 11, Sturl. i. 47 C. fégjafa-guð, m. the god of wealth, Edda 55. fé-gjald, n. a payment, fine, Nj. 111, 120, Band. 11, Fms. vii. 248. fé-gjarn, adj. greedy, avaricious, Eg. 336, Fs. 133, Nj. 102, Fms. i. 52, vii. 238. fé-gjöf, f. a gift of money, Fs. 11, 21, Fms. i. 53, xi. 325, Ld. 52. fé-glöggr, f. close-handed, Eb. 158. fé-góðr, adj. good, i.e. current, money, D. N. fé-grið, n. pl. security for property, Grág. ii. 21. fé-gyrðill, m. [early Dan. fägürthil], a money bag, purse, worn on the belt, Gísl. 20, Fbr. 66, Þiðr. 35. fé-gætni, f. saving habits, Glúm. 358. fé-göfugr, adj. blessed with wealth, Ísl. ii. 322. fé-hirðir, m. a shepherd, Fas. i. 518, Fms. viii. 342, Gþl. 501: a treasurer, Hkr. i. 36, Eg. 202, Fms. x. 157, vi. 372, viii. 372. fé-hirzla, u, f. a treasury, Fms. vi. 171, vii. 174, Eg. 237, Hom. 9. féhirzlu-hús, n. a treasure-house, Stj. 154. féhirzlu-maðr, m. a treasurer, Karl. 498. fé-hús, n. = fjós, a stall, D. N. (Fr.): a treasury, Róm. 299. fé-kaup, n. a bargain, N. G. L. i. 9. fé-kátr, adj. proud of one's wealth, Róm. 126. fé-kostnaðr, m. expenditure, expense, Stj. 512, Fms. iv. 215, xi. 202, Hkr. i. 148. fé-kostr, m. = fékostnaðr, Orkn. 40. fé-krókar, m. pl. money-angles, wrinkles about the eyes marking a greedy man (vide auga), Fms. ii. 84. fé-kvörn, f. a small gland in the maw of sheep, in popular superstition regarded, when found, as a talisman of wealth, vide Eggert Itin. ch. 323. fé-lag, n. fellowship, and fé-lagi, a, m. a fellow, vide p. 151. fé-lauss, adj. penniless, Fms. vi. 272, Fs. 79, Gullþ. 5, Landn. 324 (Mant.) fé-lát, n. loss of money, Landn. 195. fé-leysi, n. want of money, Fms. viii. 20. fé-ligr, adj. valuable, handsome, Fms. viii. 206. fé-lítill, adj. short of money, Eg. 691, Sturl. i. 127 C, Fms. v. 182, vi. 271: of little value, Vm. 74, Jm. 13; fé-minstr, yielding the least income, Bs. i. 432. fé-maðr, m. a monied man, Sturl. i. 171, iii. 97, Dropl. 3. fé-mál, n. money affairs, Nj. 5; a suit for money, Fms. viii. 130, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 83. fé-mikill, adj. rich, monied, Sks. 252, Sturl. i. 171 C: costly, Fms. v. 257, xi. 85, Bs. i. 295, Hkr. iii. 247, Eb. 256: expensive, Korm. 224 (in a verse). fé-mildr, adj. open-handed, Nj. 30. fé-missa, u, f. and fé-missir, m. loss of cattle, Jb. 362: loss of money, Grett. 150 C. fé-munir, m. pl. valuables, Hkr. i. 312, Grág. i. 172, Hrafn. 19, 21, Fms. vi. 298, viii. 342. fé-múta, u, f. a bribe in money, Nj. 215, 251, Gullþ. 7, Fms. v. 312, Bs. i. 839, Thom. 72. fé-mætr, adj. 'money-worth,' valuable, Fms. i. 105, Ísl. ii. 154, Orkn. 386. fé-neytr (fé-nýtr), adj. money-worth, Fms. iv. 340, cp. Hkr. ii. 253. fé-nýta, tt, to turn to account, make use of, Bs. i. 760, Grág. ii. 155. fé-penningr, m. a penny-worth, Bs. i. 757. fé-pína, u, f. a fine, H. E. i. 511. fé-prettr, m. a money trick, N. G. L. i. 123. fé-pynd, f. extortion, Bs. i. 757. fé-ráð, n. pl. advice in money-matters, 656 C. 16. fé-rán, n. plunder, Fs. 9, Fms. vi. 263, Fb. i. 215 (in a verse) :-- execution, confiscation, in the law phrase, féráns-dómr, m. a court of execution or confiscation to be held within a fortnight after the sentence at the house of a person convicted in one of the two degrees of outlawry, vide Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 29-33, and the Sagas passim, esp. Hrafn. 21, Sturl. i. 135; cp. also Dasent, Introd. to Burnt Njal. fé-ríkr, adj. rich, wealthy, Fms. ix. 272, Gullþ. 7, Ld. 102, Skálda 203. fé-samr, adj. lucrative, Sturl. i. 68 C. fé-

Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0149, entry 1
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sátt (fé-sætt), f. an agreement as to payment, of weregild or the like, Grág. i. 136, Nj. 189, Ld. 308. fé-sekr, adj. fined, sentenced to a fine, Grág. i. 393. fé-sekt, f. a fine, Nj. 189, Finnb. 276. fé-sinki, f. niggardliness, Sks. 421, 699. fé-sinkr, adj. niggardly, Sturl. i. 162. fé-sjóðr, m., prop. a bag of money, Band. 6, Fbr. 35 new Ed., Nj. 55, Fas. iii. 194: mod. esp. in pl. a treasury, treasure, in Matth. vi. 20, Col. ii. 3, Heb. xi. 26. fé-skaði, a, m. loss in money, Bs. i, Fs. 4, Fms. iv. 327. fé-skipti, n. a sharing or division of property, Nj. 118, Ld. 134. fé-skjálgr, adj., féskjálg augu, eyes squinting for money, Band. 6. fé-skortr, m. shortness of money, Rd. 284. fé-skuld, f. a money debt, Finnb. 350. fé-skurðr, m. detriment, Ld. 44. fé-skygn, adj. covetous, Fms. v. 263. fé-skylft (fé-skylmt), n. adj., in the phrase, e-n er f., one has many expenses to defray, Grett. 89, 159, Eb. 98. fé-snauðr, adj. poor in money, penniless, Bs. i. 335. fé-sníkja, u, f. (fé-sníkni), begging, intruding as a parasite, Sks. 669, 451, 585. fé-snúðr, m. lucre, Band. 5, 655 xi. 4. fé-sparr, adj. sparing, close-handed, Band. 6, Fms. iii. 190. fé-spjöll, n. pl. an GREEK in Vsp. 23, fee-spells, i.e. spells wherewith to conjure hidden treasures out of the earth, where we propose to read, -- valði hón (MS. henne, dat.) Herföðr (dat.) ... f. spakleg, she (the Vala) endowed the father of hosts (Odin) with wise fee-spells; the passage in Yngl. S. ch. 7 -- Óðinn vissi of allt jarðfé hvar fólgit var -- refers to this very word; Odin is truly represented as a pupil of the old Vala, receiving from her his supernatural gifts. fé-sterkr, adj. wealthy, Fms. iv. 231, Sks. 274. fé-stofn, m. stock. fé-sæla, u, f. wealth, Hkr. i. 15, Edda 16. fé-sæll, adj. wealthy, Edda 15. fé-sök, f. a suit, action for money, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 138. fé-útlega, u, f. a fine, outlay, N. G. L. i. 85. fé-vani, adj. short of money, Fms. iv. 27. fé-ván, f. expectancy of money, Gullþ. 7, Eg. 241, Fms. iv. 27, Orkn. 208. fé-veizla, u, f. contributions, help, Sks. 261, v.l. fé-vél, n. a trick, device against one's property, N. G. L. i. 34. fé-víti, n. mulct, Grág. fé-vænliga, adv. in a manner promising profit, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænligr, adj. promising profit, profitable, Sturl. i. 138, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænn, adj. = févænligr, Sturl. i. 138. fé-vöxtr, m. increase in property, gain, Eg. 730. fé-þurfi, adj. in need of money, Eb. 164, Fms. ii. 80, Lv. 108, Fas. i. 392. fé-þúfa, u, f. a 'money-mound,' used in the Tales like Fortunatus' purse; in the phrase, hafa e-n fyrir féþúfu, to use one as a milch cow, to squeeze money out of one. fé-þyrfi and fé-þörf, f. need of money, poverty, Rd. 236.

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grikkr, m. [prob. from Engl. grig, cp. Johnson on this word], a juggle (mod. word); göra e-m grikk, to play one a trick.

Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0283, entry 44
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HREKKR, m., pl. ir, gen. pl. ja, [Dan. rænke], a trick, piece of mischief, Mag. 9, Fas. ii. 372, Nikd. 40; hrekkir ok slægðir, Stat. 273.

Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0299, entry 8
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hvekkr, m. a bad trick, of an urchin.

Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0305, entry 30
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HÆLL, m. [Engl. heel, cp. Lat. calx: this is a Scandin. word, for the A. S. term is hóh, the Goth. fairzna,, the Germ. fersen] :-- the heel, Bs. i. 423, Hým. 34, N. G. L. i. 339, Stj. 37, passim. 2. in phrases, hlaupa á hæla e-m, to follow at one's heels, Nj. 202; falla á hæla e-m, to shut upon one's heels, of a door; fara, ganga á hæla e-m, Edda 2, Fms. v. 316, viii. 36; fara aptr á hæli, to return immediately, like the Gr. GREEK, Gísl. 272; mod. um hæl, adverb., in return, e.g. skrifa um hæl aptr, to write by return of post; hopa, fara (undan) á hæli, or á hæl, to recede, draw back, Eg. 296, 506, Fms. vii. 70, 298, viii. 134, x. 139, xi. 95, Bret. 46, Nj. 258, Karl. 375; milli hæls ok hnakka, between heel and neck: brjótask um á hæl ok hnakka, to struggle heel and neck, of one restless in sleep :-- proverb. phrases, hann stígr aldrei þangat tánum sem hinn hafði hælana, he will never reach with his toes where the other had his heels, i.e. he is far inferior to his predecessor; það er undir hælinn lagt, it is laid under one's heel, i.e. 'tis very uncertain. II. metaph., kjalar-hæll, 'keel's heel,' the hindmost part of the keel; stýris-hæll, 'rudder's heel,' the hindmost point of the rudder. COMPDS: hæl-bein, n. the heel bone, Fms. vi. 15, Fas. ii. 354, Þiðr. 86. hæl-bítr, m. a heel biter, Hbl. hæl-drepa, u, f. a kicking with the heel, Mag. 63. hæl-drepa, drap, to kick with the heel, Stj. 431. hæl-krókr, m. 'heel-crook,' back-heel, a trick in wrestling, Fas. iii. 392, 547. hæl-síðr, adj. 'heel-long,' of a garment, 625. 183, Stj. 194. hæl-staðr, m. the place of the heel, N. G. L. i. 339.

Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0318, entry 20
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ÍLLR, adj., compar. verri (q.v.), superl. verstr; íllr is still often pronounced with a long vowel, esp. in the forms íllt, ílls, as also íllr and illr, although it is usually in mod. books spelt with i; the long vowel is a remains of the contraction which in the Scandin. languages has taken place in this word: [Ulf. ubils; A. S. yfel; Engl. ill, evil; Hel. ubil; O. H. G. ubil; Germ. übel; Dan. ild; Swed. ill-; in mod. Engl. ill is of Scandin., evil of Saxon origin] :-- ill, evil, bad, in a bodily and moral sense: in sayings, íllt er at eiga þræl at einga-vin, Grett. 154; íllt er at eggja óbilgjarnan, or íllt er at eggja íllt skap = GREEK; erat maðr svá íllr at einugi dugi, Hm. 134; fátt er svo fyrir öllu íllt, að ekki boði nokkuð gott, = 'tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good; ílla gefask íll ráð, Nj. 20; opt stendr íllt af kvenna tali, Gísl. 15; opt hlýtr íllt af íllum (or íllt má af íllum hljóta), Ísl. ii. 151; frest eru ílls bezt, Fms. v. 294. 2. ill, bad, of quality, capacity; íllr búþegn, a bad farmer, Fms. i. 69; íllr hestr, a bad horse, Þiðr. 191; íllt skáld, a poetaster. 3. evil, wicked; góða frá íllum, Eluc. 37; íllr maðr, Hm. (íll-menni); íll ráð, evil counsel, 9; til góðs ok ílls, for good or evil, Grág. ii. 144; sjá við íllu, beware of evil, Sdm. 39; íllt eitt, all wickedness, as a nickname, Fms. ix. 419 (423 sqq.) 4. bad; íllum huga, an evil mind, spite, Hbl. 21; ílls hugar, Hým. 9; íllt skap, ill humour; vera í íllu skapi, to be in an ill mood; það er íllt í mér, to be angry; mæla íllt, to use foul language, Bjarn. 32; íll orð, evil words, Skm. 2; varð honum íllt til liðs, Fms. i. 22; íll öld, evil times, vi. 96; íllt veðr, ill weather, v. 295; íllar álögur, evil, oppressive burdens, vii. 75, v.l.; íll heilsa, ill health; íllt, unwholesome; er þat íllt manni, Eg. 604; medic., e-m er íllt (mér er íllt), to be ill; íllt er ('tis a pity) at eiga dáðlausa sonu, Ld. 236; honum þótti íllt (he was sorry) at heyra læti þeirra, Fms. iv. 368: denoting harm, hurt, grunaði at mikit íllt mundi af þér hljótask, Ísl. ii. 151; verðr hann þeim stórhöggr, ok fá þeir íllt af honum, Fms. xi. 135. 5. with gen. ill, difficult; íllr viðr-eignar, ill to deal with, Nj. 18, Eg. 147; íllir heimsóknar, Fms. vii. 299; flestir verða íllir aptrhvarfs, 315: with dat. ill to one, íllr e-m, (cp. Scot. 'ill to his friend, waur to his foe'), 655 A. 4. 6. close, stingy, cp. góðr (II. ); íllr af aurum, Jd. 35; íllir af mat, Hkr. i. 140; hinn matar-ílli, a nickname, Hkr. COMPDS: íll-brigði, n. pl. a bad trick, Hkr. ii. 287, Grett. 111 A. íll-býli, n. a wretched home; göra e-m í., Ísl. ii. 141. íll-deildir, f. pl. and íll-deilur, ill-dealings, hostilities, quarrels, Ld. 158, Fms. vii. 144, Nj. 77, Vígl. 29. íll-dýri, n. an ill beast, noxious animal, Ísl. ii. 300. íll-felli, n. mishap, Barl. 115. íll-fengr, adj. ill-natured, Fms. iii. 143, Grett. 144. íll-ferli, n. pl. ill doings, evil ways, Bs. i. 279. íll-fúss, adj. ill-willed, Ld. 258. íll-fygli, n. an ill bird, noxious bird, Pr. 186. íll-fýstr, part. bent on evil, Nj. 72. íll-gengr, adj. rough, of a horse, opp. to góðgengr. íll-geta, u, f. 'ill-guess,' imputation. íll-girnd and íll-girni, f. ill-will, ill-nature, wickedness, Fms. vii. 37, Rd. 236, Grág. i. 131, Bs. i. 45. íll-gjarn, adj. ill-willed, ill-natured, wicked, Nj. 38, Hom. 19, Bs. i. 40: superl., Fms. ii. 46, x. 327. íll-gjarnligr, adj. ill-natured, spiteful, Hom. 19, 53, Sks. 445. íll-gresi, n. 'evil-grass,' tares, Magn. 502, Sks. 549, Barl. 34, N. T., Vídal. passim. íll-grunaðr, part. suspected of evil, Mar.; vera íllgrunaðr um e-t, Bs. i. 264. íll-gæfa, u, f. ill-luck, Barl. 55. íll-gæti, n. ill fare, Barl. 55. íll-görð, f., esp. in pl. ill doings, Fms. vi. 291, Sks. 583, Stj. íllgörða-flokkr, m. a gang of rogues, Fms. viii. 232. íllgörða-maðr, m. an evil-doer, of thieves, robbers, Eb. 300, Fms. i. 43, N. T., Vídal. íllgörða-samr, adj. (-semi, f.), evil-doing, Fms. xi. 90. íll-hreysingr, m. (see hreysi), a savage, miscreant, Sturl. i. 14, iii. 26. íll-hveli, n. an evil whale, Fas. iii. 507. íll-kvikendi, íll-kykvendi, n. an evil beast, e.g. a snake, toad, etc., 655 xii. 2, A. A. 284. íll-kvittinn, adj. slanderous. íll-kvittni, f. calumny. íll-kyndugr, adj. lewd, Bs. i. 256. íll-kyngi, f. lewdness, Mag. 129. íll-leikni, f. ill-treatment, Fms. ii. 185, viii. 41. íll-lifnaðr, m. an evil life, lewdness, Stj. 386. ílllifnaðar-maðr, m. a man of an ill life, Fb. i. 233. íll-lífl, n. a wicked life, Barl. 138, Fms. viii. 54. íll-lífr, adj. wicked, Þiðr. 69. íll-lyndi, n. an ill temper. íll-lyndr, adj. ill-tempered. íll-læti, n. pl. hideous grimaces, Konr. íll-mannliga, adv. wickedly, cruelly; ílla ok í., Fms. v. 265; í. ok grimmliga, Ld. 246, Mar. íll-mannligr, adj. ill-looking, rogue-like, cruel, wicked, Fas. ii. 84, Fms. iii. 116: neut., Mar.: compar., Fas. ii. 534: superl., Nj. 78. íll-máligr, adj. foul-mouthed, slanderous, Finnb. 280, Háv. 38, Str. 15. íll-menni, n. a knave (of thieves and robbers), a wicked, cruel man, Fms. ii. 4, vi. 60, Symb. 59, Nj. 32. íll-mennska, u, f. wickedness, cruelly, Háv. 44. íll-mæla, t, with acc., in mod. usage with dat., to libel, slander, talk evil of, Str. 15, Hkr. iii. 262; vera íllmæltr af e-u, to have evil reputation from, Bs. i. 759. íll-mælgi, f. slander, calumny, 623. 30. íll-mæli, n. a libel, Nj. 183, Lv. 53, Boll. 350, Dropl. 11, Krók. 7. íll-orðr, adj. 'ill-worded,' abusive, Fms. iii. 143, Nj. 66. íll-ráðigr, adj. giving wicked counsel, Fms. x. 380. íll-ráðr, adj. wicked, Sturl. iii. 281: a nickname, Fb. iii. íll-ræða, u, f. bad language, Sks. 25. íll-ræði, n. evil doings, crime, Fms. x. 390, Róm. 256. íllræðis-maðr, m. an evil-doer, criminal, Sturl. i. 137, Fms. iii. 155, Fs. 20. íll-ræmdr, part. of evil report. íll-sakar, f. pl., in the phrase, troða íllsakar við e-n, to have a rough fight with one, Nj. 219. íll-skái, a, m. the less of two evils; hvárt þykkir þér betr? ... þat þykki mér íllskáinn at þú hafir, Band. 21 new Ed. íll-skárri, compar., íll-skárst, superl. the less of two evils; það er íllskátra, íllskást. íll-skeptr, part. 'ill-shapen,' i.e. ill-natured, Stj. 43: wroth, Th. 76. íll-skælda, u, f. a poetaster, Eg., Hkr.; a nickname given to a poet for having stolen the burden of another poem, see Fms. iii. 65. íll-spár, f. pl. evil prophecy, croakings, Glúm. 354, Fas. i. 372, Bret. 38. íll-svipligr, adj. ill-looking, Fb. i. 260. íll-tíðindi, n. pl. evil tidings, bad news, Sturl. iii. 210. íll-tyngdir, f. pl. [tunga], 'evil tongues,' slander, Grág. i. 361. Íll-ugi, i.e. Íllhugi, a pr. name, cp. hugr (II). íll-úð, f. ill-nature, Vkv. 19, 22. íll-úðigr, adj. evil-boding, Am. 13, Hkm. 15, Fas. i. 192. íll-úðligr, adj. ill-looking, grim, Bárð. 167. íll-verk, n. an evil deed, Háv. 38. íll-viðri, n. bad weather, Fms. i. 275, ix. 233, Rb. 102, Str. 88, Sks. 211. íllviðris-klakkar, m. foul-weatber clouds, Sks. 234. íllviðris-kráka, u, f. an evil crow. íll-vili, a, m. ill-will, Fms. i. 71, vii. 312, xi. 250, Orkn. 264. íll-vilja, adj. = íllviljaðr, Fagrsk. ch. 272. íllvilja-fullr, adj. ill-willed, Bs. i. 45. íllvilja-maðr, m. an ill-wisher, Sturl. iii. 227. íll-viljaðr, part. ill-willed, Fms. ix. 335, Sks. 160, Barl. 38. íll-virki, n. a cruel, evil doing, crime, Háv. 38: as a law term, an outrage, done with an evil intention, defined in Grág. i. 130, 131: robbery, ravage, Fms. vii. 18, xi. 57. íll-virki, a, m. an ill-doer, criminal (thief, robber), Grág. i. 130, Greg. 40, Fas. i. 56 (Ed. íllvirkr), Fms. xi. 445, Al. 108. íll-viti, a, m. evil-boder, a nickname, Bjarn.: name of certain crags, among which sounds are heard when a storm is coming. íll-vært, n. adj. what is not to be stood; þá kom regn svá mikit, at í. var úti, a pelting rain, so that one could hardly stay out-of-doors, Bs. i. 172. íll-yrða, t, to abuse, speak evil to, Fas. ii. 229, Finnb. 228, Stj. 529. íll-yrði, n. pl. foul language, libel, Nj. 64, Boll. 360, Karl. 509. íll-yrmi, n. [ormr], vermin, Fms. x. 380. íllyrmis-legr, adj. (-lega, adv.), like vermin. íll-ýðgi, f. = íllúð, Hom. (St.) íll-þolandi, part. intolerable. íll-þræli, n. a wretched thrall, Am. 59. íll-þýði, n. [þjóð], a rabble, gang of thieves and robbers, Fms. vii. 8, 16, Bs. i. 142, Hkr. iii. 208, Fb. ii. 349. íllþýðis-fólk, n. = íllþýði, Hkr. i. 36, Fms. vi. 162, ix. 384, v.l. illþýðis-maðr, m. a thief and robber, Fms. viii. 73, v.l.

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KRÓKR, m., krákr, Am. 45, Pm. 76; [Engl. crook; Dan. krog; Swed. krok] :-- a hook, anything crooked; krókr þrí-angaðr, a three-pronged hook, a trident, Bret. 6: a barb on a spear or arrow head, Grett. 45, 109 new Ed.: of a fishing-hook, Lil. 60, 78, 82; tveggja króka hald í vatnit, Pm. 41; nú er úlfs-hali einn á króki, a saying, Band, (in a verse): a peg, þeir tóku reip ofan ór krókum, Hrafn. 20; brjóta spjót ór krókum, Sturl. iii. 188: a kind of crooked-formed box to carry peat in, torf-krókar: the coils like a dragon's tail on a ship's stern, opp. to the 'head' (höfuð) on the ship's stem, fram var á dreka-höfuð, en aptr krókr ok fram af sem sporðr, Hkr. i. 284; þat var dreki, var bæði höfuðin ok krókar aptr mjök gullbúit, Orkn. 332; höfuðit ok krókrinn var allt gullbúið, Fb. i. 435: a kind of boat-hook, a brand-hook, Ísl. ii. 411 (v.l.), N. G. L. ii. 448: of a wrestling trick, see hæl-krókr; the phrase, láta koma krók á móti bragði: a game, trying the strength by hooking one another's fingers, fara í krók: the phrase, leggja sig í framkróka, to exert oneself, plan and devise; stýris-krókar, a rudder's hook, Fas. iii. 204; hence prob. the phrase, þar reis at undir króki, there rose (a wave) under the rudder, Sturl. i. 47: an anchor fluke, Fms. vi. (in a verse). 2. a winding; Máriu-súðin (a ship) reist langan krók er þeir skyldu snúa henni, Fms. viii. 222; svá var skipat mönnum með fé þessu at þar skyldi engan krók rísta, i.e. to go

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lausa-mjöðm, f. a trick with the hip in wrestling, Bárð. 183.

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LEIKA, pres. leik; pret. lék, léku; part. leikinn; [Ji. laikan -- ffKtprav; A. S. Incan; mid. H. G. lei c he; Dan. lege; Swed. leka, • North. E. to lake]: -- to play, sport, Vsp. 42, Am. 76; hann leikr nu eplir magni, Lv. 28; leika leik, 68; hann lék fyrir honum marga fimleika, Fær. 66; leika at skúktafli, to play a í c he s s, Fms. iv. 366; en er þeir léku at tafiinu, þá lék konungr fingrbrjót mikinn, ok sagði hann skyldi annat leika, id.; leika hörpu, to play the harp, Stj. 458; leika sungfseri, 631 :-- leika sér, t o play, esp. of children, passim; as also, leika súr at e-u, to play ai a thing, passim. 2. to delude, play a trick on; Djöfullinn leikr þá alia, Andr. 66: esp. with prepp., leika á e-n, to play a tri c kon a person, Nj. 155; mjök hefir þú á oss leikit, nær sem vér fáum þess hefnt, Grett. 149; ef aðrir leita á oss, þá má vera at vér leikim þá enn nokkut í mot, to make a counter move, Boll. 346; lék hón fcðr sinn af sér, she played him off, Stj. 181; sváat eins leikr þúvið fiesta vini þína, Fms. ii. 181. 3. ef sváílla er. at um þat sé at leika, if thai is on tie cards, Fms. via. 102, AI. 132, 134; hón segir föður sínum um hvat at leika er, she told her father bow things stood, Ld. 206, Fms. via. 93. 4. to perform, of a feat or act of prowess, of a play; þú fékt eigi leikit þat er mjukleiUr var i, Fms. vii. 119; þeir kváðu hann verðan vera at hafa, ef hann léki þat, Finnb. 220; en ek hygg at engi annarr fái þat leikit, Fms. i. 152; haun k'k þat optliga, er hann barðisk, er fair gátu við séð, ii. 106; þat niá leikask, Fas. i. 88; þessa þrjá hluti lék hann senn, Eb. 240. 5. the phrases, leika lauss við, to be free, at large, disengaged (cp. ' to play fast and lose with'); I;iti þér hann nú eigi lausan við leika lengi, Fms. xi. 154; en Hakon sjalfr skal leika lauss við svú, H. shall not be engaged in the battle, i. e. be in reserve, 127; leika lausum hala (see hali); leika tveim skjolduin, to play a double game, Hkr. i. (in a verse). II. to move, swing, ivave to and fro, bang loosely; leika á lopti, Hm. 156; leika á mars baki, Hðm. 12; lék þar grind á jarnum, Fms. v. 331; landið skalf sem á þræði léki, Fas. i. 424; skjálfa þótti húsit sein á als oddi Icki, 87; let hann luika laust kiu':it í brúkinni, Fms. vii. 170; úrar It'ku lausar í hündum honum, vi. 446; þeir stevpðo golli ny'teknu or afli ieikanda (melted gold) i munn honum, Hom. (St.) 69. 2. t o lick, of flame, to catch, of fire = Lat. lambere; þeir vöknuðu eigi fyrr en logi Ick um þá, Fms. i. 292; hiti leikr við himin, Vsp. 57; varð eldr lauss í miðjum bænum, cldrinn lék skjótt, ætluðu þeir at verja eldinum, en þá var þar svá mjök leikit (so much burnt) at þeir mútîu ekki við festask, Fb. iii. 175; eldr tók at leika húsin, Gullþ. 28; eldrinn tók at leika vatns-keröldin ok viðinn, Fms. xi. 35; heldr en þar k'-ki eldr yfir, viii. 341; liík e'drinri skjótt tjörgaða spónu í kerüldunum, i. 128. 3. of water, waves, stream, to pl ny, wash; unnir k-ku, Hkv. 2. H, Lex. Poët.; þótti honum þat helzt frói at hafa hondina niðri í læknum, ok kita strauminn leika um súrit, Fas. iii. 388; vatnit var djúpt at landinu, ok hafði leikit undan bakkanum, svá at holt var með, the water had washed the earth away, and made the bank hollow, Grett. 131 A :-- of wind, veðr var kalt ok lók á nordan, 113 new Ed.: allir ketill k'k utan ok innaa sem ein sia, Bs. ii. 9. 4. metaph., k'jk þat orð ú, it was rumoured, Fms. i. 288, Fs. 75; var þú vinátta þeirra kær, þótt þat léki nökkut á ýmsu, though there were ups and downs in their friendship, Fms. vi. 369; leika á tvennu, id., Mag. 33; lók á hinu sania, it went all one way, Fms. v. 252; leika á tveim tungum, ' to iwi/ig on two tongues, ' of various reports of the same thing, ix. 255; leikr þat sízt á tvímæli, hverr frœôi-maðr sem fra þeim hefir sagt, Edda (pref.) 147; ef tortrvgð lcikr A, if there is any suspicion, Js. 26; þar leikr þó minn hugr á, have a mind for a thing, Eg. 520; þat leikr nu-r í skapi (/ have a mind) at kaupa islands-far, Fms. ii. 4; ok ef JX'T leikr aptr nnmr at, Ld. 318, v. 1.; leika í mun, id., Skv. 3. 39; k-ika landmunir, to feel homesick, Bjarn.; e-m leikr öfund 4 e-u, to envy, Fms. vi. 342; leika hugr u, to have a mind to, love; hón er svá af konum, at mér leikr helzt hugr á, vii. 103. III. esp. in the part, hag-ridden, bewitched, as madmen or people bed- ridden or taken by a strange illness were thought to be ' ridden' by trolls; syndisk mönnutn þann veg hel/, t sem hann mundi leikinn, þvíat hann for hjá sér ok talaði við sjúlfan sik, Eb. 270; maðr sú, er Snorri hút var Icikinu af flagði einu, Bs. i. 464. 2. metaph. to ill-treat, vex; hvi ertú sv;'i ilia leikin? Nj. 18, Sd. 169; suit ertú leikinn, Samr fústri. Nj. 114; sagði þeim engan frarna at drepa fá menu ok þó áðr ilia leikna, Fms. ix. 47; biirðu þeir mik ok h'-ku sárliga, Fb. i. 547; þeir tóku hann ok luku hart ok bürðu, Andr. 64; Loka n-aer hefir leikinn ailvakl, Lola's maid (Death) has laid hands on the king, Yt. :-- to vex, annoy, cp. at þjófar né ieiki, that the thieves shall not take it, Hm.; þau á vagi vindr of k'k, the wind swamped them, Gkv. I; meinit hafði lengi við leikit, the illness had vexed him a Ions; time, Bs. 5. igo. IV. reflex, to be performed, (lone; ef þat má leikask, if this can be done, Fas. i. 88; sögðu at þat niætti þá vel leikask, at vinda segl á Orminum ok sigla á haf út, Fms. ii. 326 :-- leikask ú e-n, to get the worst of it; mjiik herir á leikisk minn hluta, I have been utterly worsted, Ísl. ii. 269; ok lóksk injük ú nuiiinum Agða iaris, Fms. iii. 187; ok þótti nú opt ú leikask í viðskiplum þtirra Grettis, Grett. 151. 2. recipr., leikask við, to play a match, to play one against another; ok er þat bezt at vit sjúlfir leikimk við, Grett. 99 new Ed., Stnrl. i. 23, Fms. ii. 269, jbórð. 15 new Ed.: ok hüfðu þeir leikisk við barnleikum allir þrír meðan þeir vóru ungir, they had been playmates Fms. vi. 343; ef þeir skyldi tveir við leikask, Glúm. 370 :-- at her komizt undan með lausafé yðart, en þá leikisk um loud sem auðit er, escape with the movable property and leave the land to its fate, and lei them quarrel about the land as best they can, Eb. 98.

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