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sótt

nafnorðkvenkyn
[from sjúkr, by way of assimilation; sauhs = ἀσθένεια, νόσος; sot]
1. sickness, illness, disease, 94; taka sótt, to fall sick, 201, 29, 12, 102; kasta á sik sótt, to feign illness, 14; sóttum sjúkr, 623. 50; utan sóttar burdarins, without birth-pains, 104: the phrase, sótt elnar, the illness (fever) increases, 126, 14, i. 69, ii. 162 (where of the pangs of childbirth), 504; sóttin rénar, the fever abates; kenna sóttar, to feel the symptoms of illness or fever, be taken ill, 21; hón kennir sér sóttar, ok elr sveinbarn, 176; drottning fær sótt ok fæðir son, ; at sú mær hafði miklar sóttir, throes of pain, 2: bráðar sóttir, paroxysms, 5; sóttar-brími, the brunt of fever, ; eldr tekr við sóttum, 138 (see eldr).—Sótt has thus a double sense, generic = morbus, and special = febris or angina: in popular phrases and usages this latter sense is very , see the remarks in x. 39, 40.2. in compds, land-far-sótt = epidemic; ána-sótt, skrópa-sótt, hug-sótt, bana-sótt; it is suffixed to the names of sicknesses followed by strong fevers, thus, bólna-sótt, small-pox; kvef-sótt, a cough-fever = influenza; tak-sótt, a stitch in the side; létta-sótt, jóð-sótt, throes of childbirth;þunga-sótt, a severe fever; stein-sótt, the stone; bráða-sótt, sudden death; riðu-sótt, ague; ámu-sótt, erysipelas; bit-sótt, a ‘biting illness,’ cancer (?), 138, Ýt. 17.3. diarrhoea, ()
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • esp.especially.
  • mod.modern.
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  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • K. Á.Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
  • Band.Banda-manna saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Sd.Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Mirm.Mirmants saga. (G. II.)
  • Og.Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
  • Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
  • Fél.Félags-rit.