- VÍXL
- n., only in the phrase, á víxl1) passing by one another in opposite directions (bryggjur svá breiðar, at aka mátti vögnum á, v.);2) across; standa á v. fótunum, to stand cross-legged.* * *n. [A. S. wrixl; cp. Germ. wechseln; Dan. væxel; cp. Lat. vices]:—only in the adverbial phrase, á víxl, across, passing by one another; standa á víxl fótunum, to stand cross-legged, Sturl. ii. 158; aka vögnum á víxl, Fms. iv. 49; þeir riðusk á víxl, Fs. 159; þá er hestarnir runnusk á víxl, Mag. 8; hann lét leiða tvá yxn saman á víxl (saman á víxl, v. l.), two oxen with heads crossing one another, Eg. 181.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.