hæstr see hār.
hætta wv. 1, w. dat. desist from, stop.
hættligr adj. dangerous, threatening.
hættr adj. dangerous.
haf sn. sea.
hafa wv. 1, have; 'h. einn nær einu,' bring near to, expose to; use, utilize. at hafask, undertake. til hafa, have at hand.
hafna see hǫfn.
hafr sm. goat.
hafr-staka wf. goatskin.
hagliga adv. neatly.
hagr sm. condition; advantage--'þēr mun h. ā vera,' will avail thee, be profitable to you.
hag-stœðr adj. favourable.
halda sv. 1, w. dat. hold (also with prp. ā); keep. w. acc. observe, keep (laws, etc.). intr. take a certain direction, go.
hālfr adj. half.
hālfu adv. by half, half as much again.
hallar see hǫll.
hallar-gōlf sn. hall floor.
haltr adj. lame.
hamarr sm. hammer.
hamars-muðr sm. thin end of hammer.
hamar-skapt sn. handle of a hammer.
hamar-spor sn. mark made by a hammer.
hana see hann.
handar see hǫnd.
hand-skot sn. throwing with the hand.
hand-tękinn ptc. pret. taken by hand, taken alive.
hann prn. he.
hār sn. hair.
hār adj. high.
harð-hugaðr adj. stern of mood.
harðr adj. hard; strong.
harð-skeytr adj. strong-shooting [skjōta].
harmr sm. grief.
hāski wm. danger.
hā-sæti sn. high seat, dais [sitja].
hāsætis-kista sf. chest under the dais.
hātt adv. high; loudly.
haugr sm. mound.
hauss sm. skull.
heðan adv. hence.
hęfi see hafa.
hęfja sv. 2, raise, lift; begin.
hęfna wv. 1, w. gen. revenge, avenge.
heill adj. sound, safe, prosperous.
heil-rǣði sn. sound advice, good advice [rāð].
heim adv. to one's home, home (domum).
heima adv. at home (domi).
heima-maðr sm. man of the household.
heim-fūss adj. longing to go home, homesick.
heimr sm. home, dwelling; world.
heimta wv. 1, fetch, obtain, get back.
heita sv. 1, call; w. dat. of pers. and dat. of thing promise; intr. (pres. heiti) be named, called.
hęldr see halda.
hęldr adv. compar. more willingly, rather, sooner, more; rather, very.
hęl-grindr sf. the doors of hell.
hęllir sm. cave.
helt see halda.
hęl-vegr sm. road to hell.
hęlzt adv. superl. most willingly, soonest, especially, most [hęldr].
hęndi, hęndr see hǫnd.
hęnnar, hęnni see hann.
hępta wv. 1, bind; hinder, stop.
hēr adv. here--'h. af,' etc. here-of.
hęr-bergi sn. quarters, lodgings.
hęrða wv. harden, clench.
hęr-fang sn. booty.
hęrja wv. 3, make war, ravage [hęrr].
hęrr sm. army, fleet.
herra sm. lord.
hęr-skip sn. war-ship.
hestr sm. horse.
hēt see heita.
heyra wv. 1, hear.
himinn sm. heaven.
hingat adv. hither.
hinn prn. that.
hirð sf. court.
hirð-maðr sm. courtier.
hiti wm. heat.
hitta wv. come upon, find, meet; trans. go to. hittask, meet, intr.
hjā prp. w. dat. by, at; in comparison with.
hjālmr sm. helmet.
hjōn snpl. household.
hlaða sv. 2, load, heap up; 'h. seglum,' take in sails.
hlæja sv. 2, laugh.
hlaupa sv. 1, jump, leap; run.
hlaut see hljōta.
hleyp see hlaupa.
hleypa wv. 1, make to run (i.e. the horse), gallop.
hlīf sf. shield.
hlīfa wv. 1, w. dat. shelter, cover, protect.
hljōp see hlaupa.
hljōta sv. 7, get, receive.
hlōðu see hlaða.
hlōgu see hlæja.
hlunnr sm. roller (for launching ships).
hluti wm. portion [hljōta].
hlutr sm. 2, share; portion, part, piece; thing [hljōta].
hlut-skipti sn. booty.
hnakki wm. back of head.
hōf see hęfja.
hollr adj. gracious, faithful.
hōlmr sm. small island.
hon see hann.
honum see hann.
horn sn. horn.
hœgri adj. compar. right (hand).
hœla wv. 1, w. dat. praise, boast of.
hǫfðingi wm. chief [hǫfuð].
hǫfða-fjǫl sf. head-board (especially of a bedstead).
hǫfðu see hafa.
hǫfn sf. harbour.
hǫfuð sn. head.
hǫgg sn. stroke.
hǫgg-ormr sm. viper.
hǫgg-orrosta wf. 'cutting-fight,' hand-to-hand fight.
hǫggva sv. 1, hew, cut, strike.
hǫll sf. hall.
hǫnd sf. 3, hand; side--'hvārra-tvęggju handar,' on both sides, for both parties.
hræddr adj. frightened, afraid [ptc. of hræðask].
hræðask wv. 1, be frightened, fear.
hræzla wf. fear [hræðask].
hrafn sm. raven.
hratt see hrinda.
hrauð see hrjōða.
hraut see hrjōta.
hreyfa wv. 1, move.
hrīð sf. period of time.
hrīm-þurs sm. frost giant.
hrinda sv. 3, push, launch (ship).
hrista wv. 1, shake.
hrjōða sv. 7, strip, clear, disable.
hrjōta sv. 7, start, burst out.
hrǫkk see hrökkva.
hrökkva sv. 3, start back.
hryði see hrjōta.
hrynja wv. 1b. fall down.
hrȳtr see hrjōta.
hugða see hyggja.
hugi wm. thought.
hugr sm. mind, heart; courage, spirit.
hugsa wv. 3, consider, think.
hundrað sn. hundred.
hurð sf. 2, door.
hūs sn. room; house.
hvar adv. where; that.
hvārr prn. which of two; each of the two, both.
hvārr-tvęggja prn. each of the two, both.
hvārt adv. whether, both in direct and indirect questions.
hvārt-tvęggja adv. 'hv...ok,' both...and.
hvass adj. sharp.
hvat prn. neut. what.
hvart adj. brisk, bold.
hvē adv. how.
hverfa sv. 3, turn, go.
hvęr-gi adv. nowhere--'hv. jarðar,' nowhere on earth; in no respect, by no means.
hvęrnig adv. how [= hvęrn veg.].
hvęrr prn. who.
hvęrsu adv. how.
hvī adv. why.
hvirfill sm. crown of head.
hvītna wv. 2, whiten.
hvītr adj. white.
hyggja wv. 1b. think, mean, determine [hugr].
hylli wf. favour [hollr].

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ī prp. in.
ī-huga wv. 3, try to remember, consider [hugr].
illa adv. ill, badly.
illr adj. ill, bad.
inn art. the.
inn adv. in compar. innar, further in.
inna wv. 1, accomplish.
innan adv. within, inside. fyrir innan prp. w. gen. within, in.
inni adv. in.
it see þū.
it see inn.
ī-þrōtt sf. feat.

J

jafn-breiðr adj. equally broad.
jafn-hǫfugr adj. equally heavy [hęfja].
jafn-mikill adj. equally great.
jafn-skjōtt adv. equally quick.
jafna wv. 3, smooth; compare w. dat. of thing compared.
jafnan adv. always.
jarl sm. earl.
jārn sn. iron.
jārn-glōfi sm. iron gauntlet.
jārn-spǫng sf. iron plate.
jāta wv. 1, w. dat. agree to.
jōk see auka.
jǫrð sf. earth.
jǫtun-heimar smpl. home, world of the giants.
jǫtunn, sm. giant.

K

kær-leikr sm. love, affection [kærr, 'dear'].
kaf sn. diving; deep water, water under the surface.
kafa wv. 3, dive.
kalla wv. 3, cry out, call; assert, maintain; name, call.
kann see kunna.
kapp sn. competition.
karl sm. man; old man.
kasta wv. 3, cast, throw.
kaupa wv. 2, buy.
kęngr sm. bend.
kęnna wv. 1, know; perceive.
kęrling sf. old woman [karl].
kęrra wf. chariot.
kętill sm. kettle.
keypta see kaupa.
keyra wv. 1, drive.
kirkja wf. church.
kirkju-skot sn. wing of a church.
kjōsa sv. 7, choose.
klakk-laust adv. uninjured.
klæða wv. 1, clothe.
klæða-būnaðr sm. apparel.
klæði snpl. clothes.
knē sn. knee.
knīfr sm. knife.
knǫrr sm. merchant-ship.
knūði see knȳja.
knūi wm. knuckle.
knūtr sm. knot.
knȳja wv. 1b, press with knuckles or knees; exert oneself [knūi].
kōlf-skot sn. (distance of a) bolt-shot.
kollōttr adj. bald.
koma sv. 4. come; happen, turn out; w. dat. bring into a certain condition. k. fyrir, be paid in atonement. komask, make one's way (by dint of exertion).
kona wf. woman; wife.
konr sm. kind--'alls konar,' all kinds; 'nakkvars konar,' of some kind.
konunga-stęfna wf. congress of kings.
konungr sm. king.
konungs-dōttir sf. king's daughter.
konungs-skip sn. king's ship.
kosinn see kjōsa.
kost-gripr sm. precious thing, treasure.
kostr sm. 2, choice--'at ǫðru kosti,' otherwise; power [kjōsa].
kǫgur-sveinn sm. little boy, urchin.
kǫpp see kapp.
kǫpur-yrði sn. boasting [orð].
kǫttr sm. 3, cat.
köm see koma.
krappa-rūm sn. back cabin.
krappr adj. narrow.
kraptr sm. strength.
krās sf. 2, delicacy.
kręfja wv. 1b, w. acc. of pers. and gen. of thing, demand.
kunna swv. know; feel; venture; like to.
kunnandi wf. knowledge, accomplishments.
kunnusta wf. knowledge, power.
kunnr adj. known.
kurr sm. murmur, rumour.
kvæði sn. poem.
kvæma see koma.
kvān sf. wife.
kveða sv. 5, say. kv. ā settle, agree on.
kvęðja wf. salutation [kveða].
kvęðja wv. 1b, greet.
kveld sn. evening--'ī kv.,' this evening.
kveld-sǫngr sm. vespers.
kvenn-vāðir sfpl. woman's clothes.
kviðr sm. 3, stomach, belly.
kvisa wv. 3, whisper.
kvistr sm. 3, branch, twig.
kvǫddu see kvęðja.
kykr (-vir) adj. living.
kykvendi sn. living creature, animal.
kȳll sm. bag.
kyn sn. race, lineage.
kȳr sf. 3, cow.
kyssa wv. 1, kiss.

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lā see liggja.
lægri see lāgr.
lær-lęggr sm. thigh-bone.
læt see lāta.
lagða see lęggja.
lāgr adj. low; short of stature [liggja].
lags-maðr sm. companion.
lagu see liggja.
lamða, lamit see lęmja.
land sn. land, country.
land-skjālfti wm. earthquake.
langr adj. long, far.
lāt snpl. noise.
lāta sv. 1, let go; leave; lose; allow; cause, let; behave, act; say.
lauf sn. foliage.
laufs-blað sn. (blade of foliage), leaf.
laug sf. bath.
laun snpl. reward.
launa wv. 3, reward, requite w. dat. of the thing given and of the pers., and acc. of the thing requited.
lauss adj. loose; shaky, unsteady; free from obligation.
laust see ljōsta.
laut see lūta.
lax sm. salmon.
leðr-hosa wf. leather bag.
lęggja wv. 1b, lay, put; 'l. eitt fyrir einn,' give, settle on; 'l. sik fram,' exert oneself; intr. w. skip understood sail, row--l. at, land; attack; l. frā, retreat, draw off; pierce, make a thrust. lęggjask, set out, proceed; swim [liggja].
leið sf. way--'koma einu til leiðar,' carry out [līða].
leið see līða.
leiða wv. 1, lead, conduct [līða].
leiðangr (-rs) sm. levy [leið].
leiga wv. 1, borrow.
leikr sm. game; athletic sports, contest.
leita wv. 3, w. gen. and dat. seek; take to, have recourse to. leitask, feel one's way [līta].
lęmja wv. 1b, break.
lęngð sf. length [langr].
lęngi adv. long (of time) [langr].
lęngstr see langr.
lēt see lāta.
lętja wv. 1b, w. acc. of pers. and gen. of thing, hinder, dissuade.
lētta wv. 1, w. dat. lift.
leyniliga adv. secretly.
leysa wv. 1, loosen, untie, open [lauss].
lið sn. troop.
līða sv. 6, go; pass (of time); impers. līðr, w. dat. fare, get on. impers. 'līðr ā (nāttina),' (the night) is drawing to a close.
līf sn. life--'ā līfi,' alive.
lifa wv. 2, live.
liggja sv. 5, lie. l. til, be fitting.
līk sn. body; corpse.
līka wv. 3, w. dat. please.
līki sn. form [līk].
līking sf. likeness, similarity [līkr].
līknsamr adj. gracious.
līkr adj. like.
līn sn. linen; linen headdress.
list sf. art.
līta sv. 6, look at; regard, consider--'l. til eins.' turn to, acknowledge greeting. lītask impers. w. dat. seem.
litask wv. 3, look round one [līta].
lītill adj. little, small--'lītit veðr,' not very windy weather. lītlu adv. by a little, a little.
lītil-ræði sm. degradation [rāð].
litr sm. 3, colour, complexion; appearance [līta].
līzk see līta.
ljā wv. 1, w. gen. and dat. lend.
ljōsta sv. 7, strike, w. dat. of instr. and acc. of the thing struck--'l. ārum ī sæ,' dip the oars into the sea, begin to row.
lofa wv. 3, praise.
lōga wv. 3, w. dat. part with.
logi wm. flame.
lokinn see lūka.
lopt sn. air--'ā l.,' up.
lūka sv. 7, lock, close; impers. 'lȳkr einu,' it is finished, exhausted. 'l. upp,' unlock, open.
lukla see lykill.
lustu see ljōsta.
lūta sv. 7, bend, bow.
lygi wf. lie, falsehood.
lykð sf. ending--'at lykðum,' finally.
lykill sm. key [lūka].
lypta wv. 1, w. dat. lift [lopt].
lypting sf. raised place (castle) on the poop of a warship [lypta].
lȳsa wv. 1, shine.
lȳsi-gull sn. bright gold.
lȳst see ljōsta.
lysta wv. 1, impers. w. acc. desire.

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