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LOFAN -- LOPPINN. 397
230, Stj. 225, H. E. 4. 491; lofa is in mod. usage the common word,
leyfa is obsolete.
lofan, f. leave, permission, Hom. 144.
lofanligr, adj. laudable, Fms. x. 87, MS. 732. 13.
Lofarr, m. the name of a dwarf, Vsp.
Lofði, a, m. the name of a mythical king, Edda :-- lofðar, m. pl. men,
heroes, Edda (Gl.), Ýt., Lex. Poët.
lof-drápa, u, f. a n encomium, Landn. 283.
lofðungr, m., poet, a king, prince, Hkv., Sighvat, passim :-- in plur. the
kinsmen of king Lofði, Eådz.
lof-gjarn, adj. prai s e-wor thy, Yt.
lof-gjarnligr, adj. laudatory, Fb. ii. 200.
lof-görð, f. praise, Fbr. (in a verse), freq. in mod. eccl. usage, Vidal.:
worship, praise, Bs. ii. 157.
lof-hnugginn, part. ' praise-bereft, ' wicked, Hallfred.
lof-kenndr, part, glorious, Lex. Poët.
lof-kvæði, u. an encomium, Eg. 418, Fb. i. 214, ii. 306.
lof-köstr, m. a 'pile of praise, ' a pyramid of praise, poet, a poem, Ad.
lofliga, adv. gloriously.
lofligr, adj. praising; loflig ræða, a panegyric, Skulda 197; loflig orð,
laudation, Hkr. iii. 244: glorious, praiseworthy, Stj. 288, Blas. 47; í hans
lofligu lifi, Orkn. 160.
Lofn, f. [akin to Engl. love], the name of the goddess of Love, Edda -21.
lof-orð, n. leave, permission; at engu loforði biskups-efnis, Bs. i. 4/5;
leggja loforð til e-s, Fas. ii. 328. II. in mod. usage, a promise;
halda, efna loforð sitt.
lof-samliga, adv. gloriously, Fms. vi. 206.
lof-samligr, adj. glorious, Fms. i. 259, Stj. 32, 170, Bs. i. 38, ii. 3.
lof-smíð, f. an encomium, Gd. 40.
lof-spá, f. a glorious ' spae' or prophecy, 656 A. 19 (of the song of
Simeon).
lofs-tírr, m. honour, glory; see lof.
lof-sæla, u, f. esteem, fame, Sir. 16.
lof-sæll, adj. glorious, famous, Yt. 14, Hom. 107, Str. 19.
lof-söngr, n. [Germ, lobgesang^,, a song of praise, hymn, Hom. 142,
Magn. 450, Fms. xi. 308, Rb. 396, freq. in mod. eccl. usage.
lof-tunga, u, f. a 'praise tongue, ' soubriquet of a poet, Fms.
lof-verðr, adj. praiseworthy, Fms. v. 100.
LOG-, n. [Old Engl., Scotland North. E. lowe], aflame; þeirgáfu honum
kerti mjök mikit ok log á, Ó. H. 152; ef ktrti er látið í vatnið, þá er log
er á því, Rb. 352; hræ-iog (q. v.), ignis faluus. 2. esp. in plur. li g' ht
(candlestick); vóru log upp drtgiu í stofunni, Sturl. iii. 182; þrjú vóru
log í skálanum, Gísl. 29; þá vóru log kveykt í tjöldunum, Fb. ii. 128;
með sverð ok stangir ok log, Hom. St. (John xviii. 3).
LOGA, að, [Old Engl. to lowe] , burn with aflame; þeim endanum er log-
aði, Eg. 238; loganda eldi-brand, Nj. 194; hyrrsc ek brenna en hauðr loga,
burn in a bright lowe, Hdl. 48; tf ek sé húvan sal loga, Hm. 153; loga ilia
skíðin, Finnb. 254; runnr, sá er Moyses sa loga ok eigi brenna, 65ts viii.
2; þar til er borgin oil logaði, Fms. vi. 154; Ijósið logar, the li g' ht lowes;
það logar á skíðum or það skíða-logar, the fire lowes brightly.
loga-blæða, dd, [laga], to floiv profusely, of blood; það loga-blæðir.
log-brandr, n. a firebrand, Fms. i. 29, 290, Gullþ. 15, Bret. 18.
logi, a, m. [Germ, lohe; Dan. lue\, a lowe, flame; brenna loga (dat.),
/o s tand in a bright lowe, Gin. 29; brennandi logi, hár logi, Hm. 84,
Am. 15, Ls. 65; Surla-logi, the flame of Surt, Vþm. 50; fundu eigi
fyrr en loginn stóð inn inn ræfrit, Eg. 239; svá var at sjá í fjallit upp
sem í loga sæi, er roðaði af skjöldunum, Fms. viii. 210; rcyk ok loga,
0. H. 121; þá var enn logi á cldinum, there was still a lowe in the fire,
153. II. a pr. name; of a mythical king, Logi, "ft.; cp.
Ha-logi; Loga-dís, Logi's sisíer, id.
LOGN, n. [Scot, and North. E. loun = calm; Swed. lugn; ^Ivar Aasen
logn] :-- calm, tratvjnil, of weather, Aim. 23; logn veðrs, O. H. 36; i
logni, Fms. viii. 178; ok er þeir n'ru í logui ok sækvrru, ... er boði
fell í logni, Orkn. 164; datt veðrit í logn, Bs. i. 834; hann hastaði ú
vindinn ok sjóinn, þá varð logn mikit, Matth. viii. 26: plur., logn inikil,
Orkn. 358. COMPOS: logn-drifa, u, f. a drift of snow in a calm, Gísl.
28, Njarð. 374. logn-rétt, f., in the naut. phrase, liggja í lognrétt,
to be becalmed on the sea, Fas. ii, 30. logii-snjór, m. snow fallen in
a calm,
LOK, n. [lúka], a co ver, lid of a chest, vessel; hann stakk endanum i
lokit þar sem lykillinn gékk at, Mag. i; ok lok yfir kerinu, Eb. 196;
hálfrýmis-kistur þeirra stóðu ú. skipum, en lyklar vóru settir í lokin, Fms.
viii. 85, Mag. 24, 78; kistu-lok, pott-lok: of a ship, a locker or bench
in the stem of a boat, mod. stafn-lok, gi'kk biskup fram í lokit, Bs. ii.
129. 2. in plur. lockers; þeir brutu upp hurðir ok hirzlur, lok ok lasa,
Sturl. ii. ii; gullhringr hvarf frá hnsfreyju or lokum (out of the lockers) cr
vandlega vóru læst, Bs. i. 329; í lásum eða í lokum, N. G. L. i. 84; þá
eru lok þeirra óheilög við broti, Jb. 424. II. metaph. plur. an end,
conclusion, cp. Germ, scbluss; þat fylgir Ijóða lokum, Hm. 164; lok
mun ek þess segja, Am. 35; fella lok ú e-t, to bring to an end, Grág. i.
67; færa til loka, id., Bs. i. 132; líða imdir lok, to end, die, perish, Nj. 156, THom.; leiðar lok, journey's end, conclusion, Stj. 442; nest-lok.
æíi-lok, mála-lok, leiks-lok, q. v. III. adverb, loks, at last, fînally,
Fms. xi. 45, 86, Fbr. 23; and til loks, id., Eluc. 73, Rb. 76, 366, Stj. 417,
þorst. Síðu H. 9; loksins, adv. at last, finally, Bs. i. 443, Fbr. 23.
lok, n. [Ivar Aasen lok; Dan. laag~\, a kind of fern or weed; in the
phrase, ganga sem lok yfir akr, to spread like iveeds over afield; menu hans
gengu sem lok yfir akra, Orkn. 4; gengu þeir eiuir yfir allt sem lok yfir
akra, Fbr. 24 new Ed.; the mod. sem logi yfir akra is a corruption of
the old phrase.
loka, u, f. a l oc k (latch); hann rekr aptr hurð ok lætr fyrir loku, Ísl.
ii. 135, Fms. vi. 189; lokur ok slagbranda, iv. 299; loka var engi fyrir
hurðum, láta lokur frá hurðum, ... Auðr lætr loku (lok MS., but loku
114, I. e.) frá hurðu, Gísl. 28-30, Fms. vi. 189, viii. 332, Eg. 601, Lv.
30: the phrase, margr seilisk urn hurð til lokunnar, many a man reaches
far to catch what is near at band, (almost answering to the Lat. quod
pelis hie e f t), Grett. 107: prop, a peg, Jabel tók bnðar-nagla sinn eða loku,
ok hamar, Stj. 388, (Judges ii. 21, a nail of the tent.) II. a kind
of song, verses running on without division of strophes, lang-loka; urðar-
lokur, a warlock song, a charm; for a specimen of a langloka see Snot
72 (Kd. 1850). COMPOS: loku-gat, n. a hole for a latch, Fas.
iii. 536. loku-lindi, a, m. a belt with a lock, Bs. i. 337. loku-
rán, n. a law term, a 'lock-robbery, ' burglary, Gþl. 387. loku-sveinn,
m. a 'lock-boy, ' porter, Bs. i. 849, THom. 239. loku-bollr, in. a
beam in a weaver's loom, Bjorn.
LOKA, að, [Engl. to lock] , to lock, shut; hann gokk inn í húsit ok
lokaði innan hurdina, Fms. ii. 281; loka hús, þjal. 10 :-- in mod. usage
with dat., loka hurdu, dyrum.
lokarr, m., dat. lokri, [A. S. l oc er], a plane, a joiner's term; lokrar
tveir, Pin. 124; kirkjan ú þrjá lokra ok tclli-stokk, 13: metaph., frekr
get ek at þeim þykki lokarr minn til fegjalda, / ween they will think my
plane cuts no thin shavings in the matter of fees, Fms. ii. 65: poüt., óðar-
lokarr, umun-lokar, the ' voice-plane' = the tongue, Ad. 16, Edda 85 (in a
verse). lokar-spánn, m. plane shavings, Fms. vi. 156, xi. 34, Edda
46, þiðr. 20.
lok-hvíla, u, f. a ' lock-bed, ' a locked bed-closet, in ancient dwellings,
as a defence against night attacks, Sturl. ii. 217, Nj. 183, Eg. 603,
Fms. ii. 64, Fs. 72, 102; lokhvílu-þil, the wainscot of a bed-closet, Sturl.
ii. 228.
Loki, a, m. [perh. akin to lokka], the evil giant-god of the Northern
mythol., see Edda passim, Vsp. 39. Loka-senna, u, f. the banter of
Loki, the name of an old poem: as a nickname, Landn. The name of
Loki is preserved in a few words, Loka-sjóðr, m., botan. rhinanthiis crista
galli, Loki's purse, the name for cockscomb or yellow rattle; and Loka-
sjóðs-bróðir, m. bartsia alpina, Maurer's Yolks, i: Loka-brenna, u, f.
fire, the ' blazing' of Loki -- -Sirius, according to a statement of Finn Mag-
nusson: Loka-ráó and Loka-heilræði, n. pl. Loki's advice, i. e. ironical,
misanthropic advice, sec Snot 192; cp. the Dilmarschcr-iiigen in Grimm's
Marchen: Loka-lykt, f. a c l os e smell, as from an evil spirit haunting
the room, Ísl. þjóði. ii. . 556. II. as an appellative, a loop on a
thread, Dan. ' kurre paa traaden;' opt er loki ú nálþræði, Hallgr.
LOKKA, að, [Shell, luck; Germ, locketi] , to allure, entice. Am. 73,
Fms. viii. 23, Bad. 107, Edda 16, Hom. 108; lokka með blíðum orðurn,
623. 12; lokka e-t af e-m, Fms. vi. 201: to pull softly and by stealth,
haiMi lokkar pa af henni mcnit, Fb. i. 276. II. [lokkr], reflex, lok-
kast, to fall in locks, of hair, Karl. 226.
lokkaðr, part, with locks, Rb. 478.
lokkan, f. an allurement, Stj. 38, H. E. i. 490, Barl. 129.
lokkari, a, in. an allurer, MS. 4. 30.
LOKKR, m. [A. S., Engl., Germ., and Dan. l oc k], a lock of hair, Stj.
417, Fb. ii. 563, Fs. 5, Bret. 103, the word is not freq. with the ancients,
who used leppr (q. v.), which is now vulgar. lokka-maðr, in. a man
with thick locks of hair, Sturl. i. 2 I.
lok-lauss, adj. coverless, uncovered, Vm. 167, Dipl. v. 18.
lok-leysa or lok-lausa, u, f, ' without end, ' nonsense, absurdity, Nj.
214, Sks. 620, Blas. 45, Orkn. 346 (of a promise not fulfilled), Fms. viii.
102, Karl. 50, passim; cp. cndi-leysa.
lokna, að, to drop; lúta lokna niðr mál, Band. (MS.) 13.
lokr, m. [cp. loki II, and lykkja], a kind of texture; kyrtill hans var
lokr ofinn, en eigi saumaðr, lioni. St. (John xix. 23).
lok-rekkja, u, f. = lokhvíla, Ísl. ii. 262, Ld. 140, Nj. 35, Eg. 603,
Eb. 118, Gísl. 115. lokrekkju-gólí', n. a locked bed-closet, \7apn. 4,
Gísl. 115.
Lokrur, f. pl. ballads on Loki (in vellum).
loks and loksins, adv. at last, finally; see lok.
lok-sveinn, m. -- lokusvcinn, Th. 8.
lon, in the phrase, Ion og don, adv. incessantly, Snót.
lopi, a, m. carded wool drawn into a hank before being spun; cp. lyppa:
medic, dropsical flesh, hor-lopi, q. v.
loppa, u, f. [cp. lof p] , a paw, hand, (vulg.), Skíða R. 125; því cin loppan
fraus, Snot (of the ogress Gryla): numbness of the bands from cold, (mod.)
loppinn, adj. with hands benumbed with cold.