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tapering behind;
-mundr, m. regret, loss; mér er mikill -mundr at e-u, I miss a thing greatly;
-reka, a. indecl. driven back (by stress of weather);
-rekstr, m. driving back, repulse;
-sjá, f. regret, longing (= eptirsjá) ;
-skipan, f. restoration (-skipan allra hluta) ;
-velting, f. rolling back.
apynja, f. she-ape, she-monkey.
ara-hreiðr, n. eagle's nest, eyrie.
arðar-, gen. from 'örð';
-leiga, f. rent for one yeay's crop ;
-máli, m. contract, agreement for one year.
arðr (gen. arðrs), m. a simple form of plough.
arðr-for, f. furrow, trench made by plough;
-gangr. m. coulter;
-jarn, n. plough-iron -járn þat er ristill (coulter) heitir
-uxi, m. plough-ox.
arðs-geldingr, m.= arðruxi.
arfa, f. heiress (Norse, rare).
arfa-sáta, f. a heap, or small tick, of chickweed (arfi).
arfa-þáttr, m. section of law treating of inheritance (arfr).
arf-borinn, pp. by birth entitled to inherit, legitimate (= til arfs alinn);
-deild, f.= arfskipti;
-gengr, a. entitled to inherit.
arfl, m. heir, heiress; a. e-s or at e-u, heir to a property.
arfl, m. chickweed.
arf-kaup, n. sum paid for another's expectation of inheritance;
-leiða (-dda, -ddr), v. to adopt as an heir (= aettleiða);
-leiðing, f. adoption of an heir;
-nyti (gen. -nytja), m. heir, inheritor (poet.).
arfr (gen. arfs), m. (1) inheritance; taka arf, to take possession of an inheritance; taka arf eptir e-n, to be heir to a person, to inherit; standa til arfs eptir e-n, to be entitled to inherit a person ; hón á allan arf eptir mik, she is my sole heir; selja arf, to sell the expectation of inheritance (= selia arfván); (2) patrimony = föðurleifð.
arf-rán, n. unjust taking of one's inheritance;
-ræning, f. = arf-rán ;
-ræningr, m. one stripped of his inheritance;
-sal, n. cession of right of inheritance (on condition of getting maintenance for life).
arfsals-maðr, m. one who has made another his heir on condition of being maintained by him for life;
-máldagi, m. deed concerning 'arfsal '.
arf-skipti, n. partition of an inheritance;
-skot, n. fraud in matters of inheritance;
-sókn, f. suit in a case of inheritance;
-svik, n. pl. defrauding in matters of inheritance;
-svipting, f. taking- away of one's inheritance;
-tak, n. the act of taking one as arfsalsmaðr (taka e-n arftaki) ;
-taka, f. receiving, taking possession of, an inheritance;
-takari, -taki, m. inheritor;
-tekinn, pp. taken by inheritance;
-tekja, f. = -taka.
arftekju-land, n. land obtained by inheritance.
arf-tœki, n.= arftaka;
-tœkr, a. = arfgengr ; verða arftœkr e-s, to receive by inheritance.
arftöku-karl, m. one taken as arfsalsmaðr;
-maðr, m. inheritor, successor to an inheritance.
arf-ván, f. expectancy of inheritance;
-þegi, m. heir.
arg-hola, f. harlot.
argr, a. (1) unmanly, effeminate, cowardly (sem fyrir úlfi örg geit rynni) ; (2) lewd; (3) wicked, pernicious (þú hit argasta dýr).
argskapr, m. effeminacy, cowardice, wickedness.
ari, m. eagle (= örn).
arin-dómr, m. fireside gossip;
-eldr, m. hearth-fire;
-elja, f. a home-rival to a wife;
-greypr, a. encompassing the hearth (bekkir aringreypir);
-hella, f. hearth-stone.
arinn (gen. arins; dat. arni; pl. arnar), m. (1) hearth (eldr var á arni) ; as a law term, fara eldi ok arni, to remove one's homestead, taking fire and hearth together; (2) an elevated Platform.
arins-horn, n. corner of the hearth;
-járn, n. poker.
arka (að), v. to walk heavily, trudge; a. at auðnu, to take whatever course fate may decide.
arkar-fótr, m. the foot of a chest (örk) ;
-smíð, f. the building of Noah's Ark.

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