smár
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smá, smátt: smás, smán, smám, smá: smáir, smár, smá, smám, smá, smár, smá: bisyllabic smáan, smáum, smáa: smæri; smæstr. The form ‘smá’ instead of ‘smal’ of the and Saxon is peculiar to all the languages, and also prevails in Scotland and , but the words are one; ‘smá’ is only a contracted form, as is seen by the fact that ‘smal’ remains in the words smali (), smalki, smælingr; and (although as ) in smalvamm, smalmenni, : [ smals = schmal, small, ; but Dan.-Swed. smaa; and sma’.]
A. Small, little, of size, stature; mörg skip ok smá, 8; smæri skip, i. 93; vúru þau öll smæst, viii. 255; sumir smáir, sumir stórir, 442; keppask til smára hluta, 87; hann ræðr öllum hlutum, stórum ok smám, 3; höfðingja ok smæri menn, x. 266; hin smæri sár, ii. 29; smá tíðendi, small tidings, 33, ix. 477; þau (mál) er smæst eru, 5; skógr þykkr ok smár, a wood thick but dwarf, i. 136; smáir sandar, small sand, a beach of fine sand, 141; melja mergi smæra, 43; hann lamði hausinn í smán mola, 58; ok var brotinn fótrinn svá smátt sem skelja-moli, i. 423; litlir menn ok smáir, 145; smás fylkis niðs, Sighvat; smaestir fuglar, id.; kaupa smám kaupum sem stórum, ii. 75; sás girði eðr smæri, ii. 338; opt hefir þú mér hallkvæmr verit, en eigi má nú smæstu ráða, thou hast often been good to me, and this is not the smallest instance, 42.
2. , hann seldi smátt varninginn, he dealt in ‘small wares,’ sold by retail, 7; höggva smátt, to strike small blows, Ísl. ii. 265: hann kvaðsk eigi mundu smátt á sjá, he said he would not look minutely into it, that he would deal liberally, 50; miklu vex hón hinnig smærum, much less, 71; þeir skulu skipta vikum eða smærum, divide by weeks or less, ii. 350; selja smærrum saman, in lesser quantities, iii. 123: smám, nema hón seli svá smám landit sem áðr var tínt, ii. 214; en er hann var á leiðinni ok fór smóm (slowly, bit by bit) þá er hann mátti svá, i. 344; smám ok smám, bit by bit, x. 366; reiddi hann silfrit smám ok smám, ii. 244, 23: smám þeim, by degrees; vaxa smám þeim, 200; eptir þat hrærðu þau sveininn sḿm þeim, i. 337 (smám, 318, ): in usage, smám-saman, sounded smá-saman, gradually; smátt og smátt, bit by bit.II. in usage smá- is prefixed to verbs, denoting little by little, by degrees; honum smá-batnaði, he recovered little by little; það smá-liðkast, það smá-batnar, smá-líðr á daginn, það smá-styttist, smá-lengist, smá-breiðkar, smá-dýpkar, smá-hækkar, smá-víðkar, smá-kólnar, smá-hitnar, smá-fækkar, smá-fjölgar,
B. In , smá- is often used simply as a diminutive, as there is no inflexion in the language; it is rarely prefixed to any but or collective nouns. smá-atvik, details. smá-bátar, little boats, vii. 224, 174, 137. smá-bein, small bones, i. 172. smá-bjöllur, little bells, 47. smá-borinn, of low birth, i. 106, vii. 8. smá-búendr, = smábændr, 101. smá-búsgögn, small house-implements, v. 18. smá-byrðingar, little ships of burden, ii. 251. smá-bækr, little books, 82, 23. smá-bændr, small farmers, 127, ii. 143, iii. 458. smá-börn, little bairns, i. 263, x. 117, 25, smá-djöflar, petty devils, imps, ii. 221. smá-dúkar, little kerchiefs, 47. smá-dýr, ‘small deer,’ small animals, 572, 41. smá-eyjar, little islands, x. 5. smá-fénaðr, small cattle, 393. smá-ferjur, small ferries, x. 153. smá-fiskar, small fishes, ii. 112. smá-fuglar, small birds, ii. 346, 132, vi. 153. smá-geislar, faint beams, i. 140. smá-gjafar, small gifts, smá-gjarn, , 201 (false reading for sín-gjarn, ) smá-greinir, small matters, 3. smá-grjót, smal-grit, pebbles, ii. 210, 422. smá-hlutir, trifles, 286, i. 112, ii. 167. smá-hringar, small circles, rings, 80, iii. 45. smá-hrís, a shrubbery, vi. 334. smá-hundar, small dogs, 34. smá-hús, small houses, Pr. 119. smá-hvalir, little whales, 91. smá-kertistikur, small candlesticks, 171. smá-kirkjur, small churches, ii. 241. smá-kjörr, scrub, brushwood, vi. 334. smá-klukkur, small bells, 64. smá-kofar, small huts, i. 240. smá-konungar, kinglets, iv. 26, x. 283, smá-koppar, small cups, hollows, ii. 284. smá-kornóttr, small-grained, 292. smá-kvistir, small twigs, 81, ii. 183. smá-kvæmr, of low descent, 236. smá-látr, content with little, 7, 6. smá-leikar, smallness, 262, iii. 393 (, iii. 192). smá-leitr, small-featured, 52, ii. 11. smá-lérept, fine linen, 123. smá-ligr, trifling, 30 B. smá-líkneski, small images, 80, 120. smá-lyginn, petty lying, 310. smá-lærisveinar, little disciples, i. 219. smá-læti, stinginess ( to stórlæti), 10. smá-lönd, small lands (islands); öll s. í hafinu, i. 347; a local name of the Danish islands, vi. 56, 31: the county Småland in Sweden, xii. sma-mannligr, mannikin-like, 121. smá-menn, = smámenni, vi. 14, 18. smá-menni, small people, 94, 770, vii. 124, 169. smá-meyjar, little girls, 2. Smámeyja-land, the land of the dwarf maidens, mythical, Sams. S. smá-munir, trifles, 286. sma-mæli, small cases, 46. smá-mæltr, ‘small-spoken,’ lisping, iii. 278 (where a nickname), in usage. smá-neyti, ‘small neats,’ calves, and the like: mart s., 91. smá-piltar, small boys, 123, iii. 124. smá-rakkar, small dog’s, , viii. 207, 99. smá-ráðr, aiming at small things, 172, ii. 32. smá-regn, small rain, drizzle, 14 () smá-rekar, small jetsums or waifs, 60, 69. smá-ríki, petty kingdoms, ii. 190. smá-róar, small relief, i. 351. smá-sakar, petty suits, 4. smá-sandar, fine sand, plains of fine sand, 141. smá-sauðr, (), a little sheep, 516. smá-skip, small ships, ii. 302, vii. 266, ii. 252. smá-skitligr, tiny; s. í andliti, tiny-faced, i. 540; lítill ok s., ii. 247. smá-skógar, copsewood, 68. smá-skútur, small craft, iii. 1, vi. 402, vii. 234, 341. smá-smíði, hardware, to stór-smíði, iii. 15 ( Low klein-smied). smá-smugall, -smogall, penetrating through every pore, 334: minute, subtle; vitr ok s., , , ; smásmugul ok hvöss ok skygn augu, 160: smásmuglari, 159: , in a bad sense, hair-splitting, fault-finding, sma-smugliga, subtlely, minutely, 155, ii. 52. sma-smugligr, minute, 637: hair-splitting. smá-smygli, minuteness, 2, ii. 42. smá-spengr, small spangles, 142. smá-straumr, and smá-streymt, a neap-tide. smá-sveinar, small boys, 188, vii. 158, 121: , smásveini einum, i. 45. smá-sveinligr, boyish; s. nám, i. 219. smá-svik, petty tricks, vi. 383. smá-syndir, petty sins, 677. 9. smá-tennr, small tusks (of a walrus), 179. smá-tíundir, small tithes, 89, ii. 167. smá-tölur, (smá-talna), small numbers, 114. smá-varningr, small wares (), 75. smá-váfur, tiny ghosts, imps, 79 new smá-vegis, trifling. smá-vendir, small wands, 443. smá-verplar, small casks, iii. 15. smá-viði, a shrubbery, 580. smá-vofrur, = smáváfur, 112. smá-þarmar, [ smæl-þearmas], the small gut, also the lower abdomen, 262, ii. 255, i. 196, i. 301, , passim; smáþarma-mein, i. 825. smá-þing, a small object, Thom. 301. smá-öxar, small axes, A.A. 270.Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- mod.modern.
- compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
- superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Germ.German.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- North. E.Northern English.
- q. v.quod vide.
- απ. λεγ.απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- Engl.English.
- etc.et cetera.
- Scot.Scottish.
- neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- i. e.id est.
- l. c.loco citato.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- dimin.diminutive.
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- opp.opposed.
- cp.compare.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
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- Finnb.Finnboga saga. (D. V.)
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- Str.Strengleikar. (G. II.)
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- H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)