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Aleco

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"Shall we tell the queen?" "Nay, she would but fash herself unduly."

So, apparently, "fash".

"Fret not thyself because of evildoers."

So, "fret".

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There are two Icelandic words I miss a lot in English.

að nenna = to bother doing something/to feel like doing something

Examples:
Ég nenni ekki í skólann = I don't feel like going to school
Ég nenni ekki að passa hundinn þinn = I can't bother to watch your dog

frekja/frekur = frekja is a noun, which means "pushiness" or "a pushy person", and frekur is the adjective. As far as I know, this is a cognate with German Frech, but it does have a stronger meaning in German.

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