andæfa
sagnorðand-æfa
ð, [v. andóf; andöva and andov], a boating term, to paddle against tide, current, and wind, so as to prevent the boat from drifting astern; þá féll á stormr svá mikill, at þeir fengu eigi betr en andæft, had nothing better than to lay to, ii. 121; the vellum wrongly andhætt.
2. in the corrupt form andæpta, to reply feebly against; with , ekki er þess getið at Þórðr andæpti þessari vísu, returned no reply to this libel, i. 22. Now to speak in a disjointed way, to ejaculate; andæpti skáld upp úr móðu, fram eru feigs götur; skilja sköp, skamt er að landi, brosir bakki mót, of rhymed incoherent words of a poet in the act of sinking beneath the waves, vide Espól. Ísl. Árb. the year 1823, Sigurðr Breiðfjörð in a poem in the Smámunir.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- absol.absolute, absolutely.
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Th.Theophilus. (F. III.)