STUTTR

STUTTR
a.
1) short (stutt skyrta, s. kyrtill);
2) scant (stutt hjálp);
3) short-spoken, snappish (konungr svarar stutt ok styggt).
* * *
adj., compar. styttri, superl. stytztr; stuttara, Sks. 288; stuttr is no doubt assimilated qs. stuntr: [A. S. and Engl. stunted, stinted]:—prop. stunted, scant; stutta brynju, Gkv. 2. 19, Fms. vi. 66; s. kyrtill, vii. 63, Valla L. 208; ætla styttri skyrtu þína enn kyrtil, Sks. 287; hár styttra en eyrna-blöð, Sks. 66 new Ed.; s. toppr, id.; stutt skapt, Sturl. i. 64; þrjá tigi álna var yfir gjána þar sem stytzt var, Fas. ii. 405: of time, stuttar samvistir, Bs. i. 629; fyrir stuttu, a short while ago, Fas. iii. 532; stuttr máls-háttr, Bs. ii. 6; hafði hann stuttar kvaðningar, Fms. iii. 95: scant, stutt hjáip, Barl. 58; svara stutt, to answer shorily, Eg. 95, 175, Karl. 200, Stj. 578; svara stutt ok styggt, Fms. vii. 65.
B. COMPDS: stutt-brækr (mod. stutt-buxur), f. pl. short breeks, curt hose, reaching to the knees, Sturl. ii. 221. stutt-búinn, part. clad in a short mantle, Mart. 111. stutt-feldr, m. short-cloak, a nickname, Fms. vii. 75. stutt-klæddr, part. = stuttbúinn, Sturl. ii. 281. stutt-leikar, m. pl. abruptness; þau höfðu skilit í stuttleikum um kveldit, parted abruptly, Eb. 46. stutt-leitr, adj. short-faced, Þjal. stutt-liga, adv. shortly, abruptly; mæla stuttliga til e-s, Korm. 229; skilja s., Band. 13 new Ed.; fór s. með þeim bræðrum, Sturl. ii. 98. stutt-ligr, adj. brief, abrupt, Mkv. 11. stutt-mæltr, part. short-spoken; s. ok fátalaðr, Hkr. ii. 275; hón var s. (harsh) við sveininn, Fms. ix. 242. stutt-nefja, u, f. ‘short-beak,’ prob. the little auk, Eggert Itin. 355. stutt-orðr, adj. short-worded, Fms. vi. 250.

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