úrigr

úrigr
I)
(acc. úrgan), a. wet.
II)
a. ill-tempered, vicious.
* * *
adj. [úr], wet; úrgan stafn, Hkv. Hjörv. 15; úrgu barði, Orkn. (in a verse); úrga strönd, Fms. xi. 307 (in a verse); úrgar brautir (cp. Homer’s ὑγρα κέλευθα), Rm. 36; úrig fjöll, Skm. 10, Hðm. 11; úrgum hjörvi, Ad. 4.
II. qs. örigr, and quite a different word, ill-tempered, vicious; hann görðisk úrigr viðr-eignar, Ld. 54; graðfé varð úrigt ok görði mikit um sik, Fb. i. 545; stafkarl svá íllr ok úrigr at ekki láti úgjort, 211.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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