STYGGR

STYGGR
a.
1) shy (s. sauðr, hestr);
2) showing anger or displeasure (Þórðr var þá inn styggasti við biskup); mæla styggt, = m. styggliga.
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adj. [Dan. styg = ugly], shy, wary (= skjarr), of deer, birds, animals, which are easily startled; hann vildi höndla hann (the horse), en hann var þá svá styggr, at Einarr komsk hvergi í nánd honum, Hrafn. 7; styggr sauðr, N. G. L. i. 36; ef menn eigu haglendi saman ok styggan sauð, 38; very freq. in mod. usage, in which skjarr (q. v.) is obsolete; hlaup-s., læ-s., flótt-s., fraud-shunning; dag-styggr, ‘day-shy’ shunning light, of a dwarf; Dag-styggr, a pr. name, Landn., Sturl.
2. peevish, of temper; hvern dag er at kveldi kom görðisk hann styggr, svá at fáir menn máttu orðum við hann koma, Eg. 1; konungr görðisk styggr ok fár til hans, Fms. i. 100; Þórðr varð s. við þetta, Ld. 42; ver eigi stygg, húsfreyja, Grett. 98, Fas. iii. 244: neut., svara, mæla styggt = styggliga, Nj. 142, Fms. vi. 118, vii. 65: skap-s.

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