munr ar, ir m
1.
difference (hví gørir þú svá mikinn mun barnanna) ; er þess, mikill m, hvárt, it makes a great difference, whether ;
2.
moment, importance ; em er m undir eu, it is of importance to one (at hann skyldi segja honum þá hluti, er honum væri m undir at vita) ; em er m at eu, it is of some moment (ok mætti þér verða munr at, at þeir væri þér heldr sinnaðir en í móti) ; meta muninn, to hesitate (Hrólfr mat eigi munin eptir þeim at fara) ; Grímr gørði ok þann mun allan, er hann mátti, G strained every nerve ;
3.
the dat ' muni � or ' mun � before a compar, somewhat ( = nökkuru), considerably, a good deal ; ljóstu mun kyrrara, strike somewhat more gently ; með muni minna liði, with consideralby less force ; adding a pronoun, þeim mun (before a compar) = því ; þein mun betr, so much the better ; engum mun = engu ; engum mun verr, no worse ;
4.
what is wanted, required ; er mikilla muna vant or á vant, much is wanting (þótti honum mikilla muna á vant, at vel væri) ; E hafði eigi skaplyndi til at biðja konung hér neinna muna um, E was too proud to beg anything in this case ;
5.
adverbial phrases, fyrir hvern mun, by all means ; fyrir engan mun, by no means ;
6.
means, things ; at eigi munið ér alla yðra muni til leggja, that you will not contribute all your means, strain every nerve ; biskup las fyrst smám ok smám munina fyrir þeim, expounded all the details for them
