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1. plur. measures, steps taken; litlar atgöðir, small measures, Ísl. ii. 355, Fs. 4; var eigi vaent til atgerða, few expedients, Grett. 124.

2. repair of a building or the like (now freq.), Dipl. v. 145.

β. a surgical operation, medical help, Bs. i. 108, 618, 644: Sturl. i. 43 is a bad reading.