litr

I)

(gen. -ar, pl. -ir, acc. -u), m.

1) colour, hue; bregða lit, to change colour; blár (grár, hvítr, rauðr) at lit, blue (grey, white, red) of colour;

2) the colour of the sky, at dawn or dusk; en er þeir kómu upp á heiðina, kenndu þeir, at lit brá, they saw the day break; þá tók at kenna annars litar, then it began to grow dusk;

3) dye (sœkja grös til litar).

II)

a. hued, coloured (vel, illa l.).

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adj. hued, coloured, Eg. 133, Nj. 30, Fms. ii. 71, Fs. 147, Art. 66; mis-litr, chequered.