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x. 147; nú léttisk honum við þetta mikit, xi. 4S; biskupi léttisk mikit'
um hjarta-rætrnar, he w as much eased, Bs. i. 769: pass, to become lig/Jl.
létta-sótt, létta-kona, see U'-ttr B.
létti, a, m. alleviation, relief, easing; e-m til létta, Karl. 207, Mag.
160; Bósi kveðsk væ:ita mikils létta af konungi, Fas. iii. 200, Bs. ii. 81;
engir þeir sem upp hüfðu gefit sinn part vildu nokkurn létta undir leggja,
they would lend no help, Grett. 153. 2. the pulley above the bed
of a sick person is called létti. 3. in the adverb, phrase, af k'tta,
outright, plainly, Germ, frhcbweg; Grettir spurði at tidendum, en Barði
segir af létta slík sern vóru, Grett. 73 new Ed.; spyrr lion hann af
storvirkjum sinum, en hann sagði ailt af létta, Fb. i. 278; sætt vara
gor með létta, not straight, Eb. (in a verse). COMPDS: létti-byrð-
ingr, n. a light boat, Fms. xi. 430. létta-drengr, in. an errand-
boy, létti-möttull, in. a light mantle, Fagrsk. 182. letti-skip,
n. and létti-skúta, u, f. a light, fleet ship, Eg. 261, Fms. vii. 259, viii.
137, ix. 285, Hkr. i. 279. létti-vinátta, u, f. a slight, suf. erf. cial
friendship, Sturl. iii. 291.
léttir, m. alleviation, relief.
LÉTTR, adj., lóttari, k'ttastr, [cp. Ulf. leihts = iKa^pla, 2 Cor. i. 17;
A. S. leobt; Engl. light; (). H. G. lihti; Germ, lei c ht; Dan. let, - Swed.
l u tt; cp. Lat. le w's; Gr. ê-Xaø-pós] :-- liíf ht, of weight; bjortunnu eða
annað eigi léttara. Bs. i. 389. 2. of the body; manna iimastr ok
léttastr á sér, Fms. x. 73; vera á léttasta skeiði (aldri), /o be at one's most
active age; þá er Haraldr var á lcttasta skeiði aldrs, Eg. 536, O. H. 68;
ek em nú af léttasta skeiði, ok ekki til slíks færr, / have passed my best
years, Háv. 40 :-- the phrase, vtrða léttari, to give birth, ' to be lightened
of the womb, ' Spenser, (ú-lótt = heavy with child); ok nu líða stundir
fram lil þess er hón verðr lúttari, ok fæ3ir luui sveinbarn, Fais. xi. 53,
Nj. 91, Ísl. ii. 11), 0. H. 144, Fs. 143, 190; verða lóttari barns (= at
barni), N. G. L. i. 131. II. metaph. li if ht, easy; mæddisk hann
fyrir þeim ok gékk þeim k'ttara, F. g. 192; þvíat þat kann henda at
monnum verðr harms sins léttara ef um er talat, Fms. vii. 105 :-- light,
of wind, var veðr létt ok segltækt, 286; hann siglir lit lóttan land-
nyrðing, Ld. 116. 2. light, mild, gladsome, of manners or coun-
tenance; var konungr þá lcttr í öllum ræðum, Eg. 55; lcttr í nuV. um,
Ls.; lettr ok linr í nu'tli, gracious, Germ, huldvoll, Bs. i. 154; hann var
við alla menu léttr ok kátr, Nj. 48; hverjum manni kátari ok lóítari ok
vakrari, Fms. x. 152; e-m segir eigi létt hugr um e-t, to have apprehen-
sions, Fs. 38, Fms. vi. 211. 3. of value, light, vile; gütaðan dúk
sæmiligan ok annan k'ttari, Vm. 32; betri, opp. to lúttari, Dipl. iii. 4;
hinar betri, hinar lúttari, Vm. 58; létt fæða, light fare, Mar.; lettr
forbeini, Bs. ii. So; leggja e-t í léttan stað, to think lightly of, Grett.
1 75 new Ed.
B. COMPDS: létta-bragð, n. cheerfulness, Stnri. iii. 196. let-ta-
lc ona, u, f. a midwife, Thoin-482. létta-sótt, f. child-labour, Mar.
976. létt-brúnn, adj. 'light-browed, ' fair-complexioned, Gullþ. 9,
Ld. 48, 94; spelt létt-brýnn, Grett. "160 new Ed. létt-búinn,
part, lightly-clad, Stj. 240, Gullþ. 8. létt-bærr, adj. easy to bear,
625. 72, Bs. i. 105, 236. Létt-feti, a, m. ' light-pacer, ' name of a
horse, Edda, Gm. létt-fleygr, ^å] . fleet-winged, Sks. létt-færi,
f. alertness, Mar. létt-fœrr, adj. nimble, fleet, Rb. 334, þiðr. 343,
Korm. (in a verse). létt-fættr, adj. light-footed, fleet. lett-hendr,
adj. light-handed. létt-hjalað, n. part.; e-m verð 1., to chatter, Fms.
xi. 234. létt-hlaðirm, part. ligb:-lnden, Fms. ii. 188. létt-
h. ugaðr, ad] , light-minded, Sks. 24. létt-klæddr, part, ligh. 'ly-clad,
Hkr. iii. 281. létt-látr, adj. light-hearted, cheerful, Sks. 24. Fms.
vii. 175, viii. 447, ix. 4. létt-leikr, in. (-Iciki, a, in.), lightness,
agility, alertness. Sks. 620, Fas. iii. 237, Lil. 17. létt-liga, adv. lightly,
easily, Fms. i. 85, viii. 78, Stj. 17: civilly, Stj. 209, Barl. 119: lightly,
of dress, Ld. 46: readily, Eg. 200: may be, perhaps, Stj.; Kittliga hvergi,
16, 24, 35, 112; h-ttliga at, may be that, 47, 59, 106, 122, 126, 159,
400, Fb. i. 376. létt-ligr, adj. lightly, light, Bs. ii. líio. lét-t-
lifr, adj. 'light-lived. ' living an easy life, N. G. L. ii. 444, Mag. 90.
lett-ljmdi, n. an easy temper. létt-lyndr, adj. easy-tempered. létt-
læti, n. a light life; lé:tlæíis-kona, a harlot, Sti. 350, Fms. vii. 24f,
Sir. 9. létt-meti, n. a poor diet. létt-mæil-r, pait. light-spoken,
ligbt-tongîied, Fms. vii. 227. létt-úð, f. ligbt-berirled/iess, Fms. vi.
287: mod. levity, frivolity. létt-úðigr, adj. light-minded, Fms. ii.
20, xi. 5: light, ibovgb. 'less. létt-vaxinn, part, flight of figure,
slender, Hem. létt-vígr, adj. prone to fight, Kb. 43 new Ed.
létt-vísi, f. levity, Barl. 148. létt-vægr, adj. light-weighted, of
little value.
LEYÐRA, að (?), [lauðr or löðr], to wasb; leyðra borðker or
bjórker, to wash the dishes, Em. i.
LEYFA, ð, [lof; Germ, er-lauben'] : I. to permit, allow; ley fa
e-m e-t, leyfí þér honum at fara sem honum gegnir be/t, Nj. 10; var levft
at gefa upp gamal-inenni, Fms. ii. 225; villtú ley fa nökkurum monnuin
útgöngu, Nj. 200, passim in old and mod. usage. II. to praise,
with acc.; leyfa is the older, lofa (q. v.) the later form; leyfa freq. occurs in
old poets, Hm. 81, 91, Gh. 4 (Mm. 5), Fms. i. 182 (in a verse), xi. 215 (in
a verse), 0. H. 173, Fldda 65 (in a verse): in prose -- þá er ek Icyfi Ölaf konung ok svá háttu haiis, Fms. v. 327; lítt er þessi maðr leyfðr
fyrir oss, vi. 108; þó er hann mjök leyfðr af murgum inonnum, Bs. i.
480: the phrase, eiga fótum fjör at leyfa (mod. fjor at launa), O. H. L.
6; but esp. freq. in poetry is the part, ley for = famed, glorious, passim,
see Lex.
leyfð, f. praise, 0. H. 24 (in a verse).
leyfi, n. [Engl. leave^. leave, permission, Fms. ii. 79, viii. 271, K. Á. 176,
Sks. 59, Bs. i. 500; lof eð. í leyfi, Fb. ii. 266; taka leyfi af e-m, to take
leave, Flóv. 32, Sir. 64: of poetical licence, Edda 120, 124. COMPDS:
leyfi-dagr, m. a ' leave-day, ' holiday, K. þ. K. 120. leyfls-laust, n.
adj. without have, Jb. 398.
leyfi-liga, adv. by leave, with permission, Mar., H. E. i. 470.
leyfi-ligr, ad] , permitted, alloii/ed, Fs. 23.
LEYGR, in., gen. leygjar and leygs, [akin to logil, a lowe, fire, flame,
freq. in old poetry, singly as well as in coinpds, but never used in prose;
esp. freq. in pout, circumlocutions of gold and weapons; báru-leygr, the
waves'beam = gold; arm-lcygr, the fla:b of the arm -- a bracelet; und-
leygr, the flai-h of a wound, of blood, of Odin, etc. = a weapon, see
Lex. Pout. leyg-för, f. afire (Lat. incendium), Fms. ix. 533 (in a
verse).
LEYNA, d, [laun; Scot, layne] , to hide, conceal, absol. or with dat.
of the thing; var leynt nafni hans, Ld. 296, Grúg. i. 125, Ísl. ii. 251,
Ld. 296. 2. with dat. of the thing, acc. of the person; leyna e-n e-u,
to hide a thing from one, Og. 27, Nj. 23, Grig, i. 370, Fms. viii. 12; old
leynig því aldri, Sighvat, 0. H. 119: with acc. of the thing, less correct,
Sir. 31, 50, D. N. iv. 546. II. reflex, to hide oneself; leynisk
hann mi Norðinanin-kommgr, Fms. i. 44, Sks. 605 :-- leynask í broil,
to steal away. Eg. 572, Fb. ii. 367: or absol., í því ætlar bóndi at
leynask lit í myrkrit, Eg. 240 :-- leynask at e-m, to steal upon a person,
attack by stealth, Greit. 149 A. 2. part, leynandi -- Icyndr, in the
phrase, með leynanda löstum, with hidden flaws, N. G. L. i. 25, 29:
leyndr, part. pass, secret, hidden; e-t ferr leynt, goes by stealth, in
secrecy, Eg. 28; leynd mat, secrets, Grág. i. 362; for bat eigi leynt, it
was not hidden, Fb. ii. 271.
leynd, f. secrecy, hiding; til leyndar, Fms. x. 383, Sks. 365; með
leynd. secretly, Stj. 200, Rd. 235, Ísl. ii. 199, Fms. x. 380, passim;
leyndar-brút, -crenclí, a secret letter, secret errand, viii. 128, ix. 341,
Stj. 383. cor. ii'Ds: leyndar-dómr, in. a mystery, N. T., Vidal. .
Pass. leyndar-kofi, a, in. a closet, Bs. i. 253. leyndar-limr, m.
the hidden limb, genitalia, Sij. 21. leyndar-mál, n. a secret ajfair,
Fms. i. 54, viii. 342, Sks. 341. leyndar-nef, n. a hidden person,
N. G. L. i. 200. leyndar-staðr, m. a hidden place, Sturl. ii. 151.
leyndar-tal, n. secret talk, Fms. x. 262, 320.
leyni, n. a hiding-place, esp. in pl., 623. 3: sing., leita sér leynis, Nj.
267; í Ityni e-u, Korm. 144: í leyni?=i leynd. COMPDS: leyni-
bragð, n. a secret plot, Fms. v. 257. leyni-dyrr, n. pl. s e c ret doors,
Nj. 198 (v. L), Anal. 186. leyni-fjörðr, m. a hidden fjord, Fas.
leyni-gata, u, f. a secret path, Sol. 23. leyni-gröf, f. a bidden pit,
Ísl. ii. 74. leyni-liérað, n. a secluded county, Róm. 260. leyni-
kofi, a, in. a secret closet, Mar. leyni-stigr, in. a bidden path, Ísl.
ii. 44, Al. 89. leyni-vágr, m. a hidden creek, Nj. 280, Fs. 112, Eg.
374, O. H. L. 2, 36. leyni-vegr, in. a secret way, Rd. 222.
leyni-liga, adv. secretly, Nj. 5, Gþl. 63, 65.
leyni-ligr, adj. hidden, secret, 625. 190, Fms. x. 269, N. G. L. iii. 5.
leyningr, m. a hollow way; skal ráða lækr fyrir ofan ho! er fellr or
leyningum, upp ú fjail ok fram í ú, Dipl. iv. I: a local name, Rd. 276.
leyninn, adj. hiding; 1. af kniptum sinum, 625. 83.
leyra, u. f. (spelt lôra, Edda ii. 464, 547), [cp. Dan. kukke-lure and
Scot, loiciy -- a fox] :-- a sneaking, worthless person, mann-læra; laeðist
kisu-lóra (the naughty pass sneaks) latir í cndann klóra, Flaligr.
LEYSA, t, [lauss; Ulf. lausjan = pvttv; A. S. losjan; Ei\g\. loosen;
Germ, losen] :-- -to loosen, untie, Edda 29, Eg. 223, Ems. vii. 123; leysa
skua, 656. 2: the phrase, þó mun einn cndi leystr vera um þetta
mill, it will all be untied, end in one way, Gísl. 82, cp. Korm. (in a
verse); leysa til sekkja, to untie, open the sacks, Stj. 216; leysa til súrs, t o
unbind a ivound, Bs. ii. í So; leysa sundr, to te n r asunder, Grett.
115. 2. inipers. it is dissolved, breaks up; bat veðr gerði mánu-
daginn, at skipit (acc.) leysti (wa s dissolved) undir þeim, hljópu menu þá
i bat, Sturl. iii. 106; sum (?kip, acc.) leysti í liafi undir monnum, were
wrecked, broken up, Bs. i. 30; bein (acc.) leysti ór höfði henui, 196;
leysti fót undan Jóni, Sturl. iii. Il6 :-- of ice, snow, to thaw, þá er var
koni ok snse leysti ok isa, Eg. 77; koin þeyr iniki'. I, hlupu votn fram, ok
le\'sti arnar, the ice broke up on the rivers, Sturl. iii. 45; þegar ísa leysir
af votnuni, Fms. iv. 142; áin var leyst (thawed, open) með lönduni, en
iss flaut ú henni miðri, Boll. 3:8; vötn (acc.) mun ok skjótt leysa, Fbr.
12 new Ed. II. metaph. to free, redeem; leysa lif sitt, Nj. í 14 J
leysa sik af hó'. mi, passim, see hólmr :-- leysa sik, to release oneself by
performing one's duty, see atiausn, Fbr. 154; þo mun (iuiinarr leysa þik
af þessu múli, Nj. 64; ek mun leysa þorstcin undan ferð þessi, Eg. 542:
to redeem a vow, leysa kross sinn, Fms. x. 92; leysa heit, Stj. 520; '•
suðrgöngu, Nj. 2. to redeem, purchase, as a law term; þau sex