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veðr n

1. weather (gott, illt)
2. wind (tók at lægja veðrit); sigla (stýra) í v e-m, to get to the wind-ward of one, take the wind out of his sail;
3. quarter, tack; veifði hann r�ði annars veðrs til, he steered round with his oar on the other tack;
4. the lower air (þetta smiði var svá mikit vorðit, at þat tók upp ór veðrum) ; v rauf upp, the air cleared up;
5. wind, scent; bersi hafði v af manninum, the bear had wind of the man, scented him; komast við veðri, to be scented, rumoured; láta koma v á e-n um e-t, to let one get scent of, throw out hints to one about a thing; staðarmenn mæltu mjök á v, hinted broadly

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