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A student of Old Icelandic shares some words from this language.

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oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 19h

undrlátr = wondering, curious, eager for strange news

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 1d

sögvísi = tattling

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 2d

reisumóðr = journey weary

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I agree with what you have written, and I am not sure why the Cleasby Vigfusson dictionary has "the" instead of "a," except that there are odd sounding (to my ear) English constructions from time to time there. Thanks for shining a light on this!

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 4d

lifa langan aldr = to enjoy a long life

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 6d

regnbogi = the rainbow

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 6d

norðan = (adverb) from the north

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 8d

bláhvíta logn = a blue-white calm

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 8d

traustliga = firmly, confidently

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 9d

heill ok hjálpaðr = safe and sound

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 10d

hurð hnigin á gátt = a door shut but not locked

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 11d

hingat ok þangat = hither and thither, to and fro

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 12d

leggjask ekki undir höfuð = not lay it under one's pillow, do it promptly, be mindful of a thing

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 13d

skyldsamliga = skyldliga = dutifully

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 14d

bólgöltr = a pig kept in the homestead

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 15d

bera fram merki = to advance, move in a battle

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 16d

samnetjaðr = caught in the same net

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 18d

fetmál = a measured step, pace

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 18d

eiga sem mest at vinna = to be very busy

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 19d

líknfastr = fast in goodwill, beloved

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 20d

ölteiti = in high spirits

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 23d

ölmusa = alms, charity

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 23d

the phrase, at dreyma fyrir daglatununi, especially of light merry dreams at daybreak, which people in Iceland consider a sign of good health

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 25d

þvi er at skipta þó = it will however turn out so

oldicelandic.bsky.social @oldicelandic.bsky.social · 25d

skammæli = short speech, brevity