bæta
sagnorð
tt, [bót; bôtjan = ωφελειν; bôtian; bêtan; bôzau; büssen]:—to better, improve, amend, also t o restore, repair, 163, 411; b. aptr, to restore, ii. 336; b. upp, to restore, atone for, ix. 43; b. at e-u, to repair, 367; bæta ráð sitt, to better one’s condition, to marry, 2: to better one’s life: Guð bætti honum af þessi sótt, God restored him to health, ix. 391; with of the sickness, 84.
β. to mend, put a patch on a garment.2. , e-m bætisk, one gets better, is restored to health; at föður hans bættisk helstríð, 146: , bættisk honum þegar, he got better at once, i. 318, 319, 325: with , bættisk Búa augna-verkjarins, Ísl. ii. 428 (rare); heilsu-bót, recovery of health.II. a law term, to pay weregild, the person slain in , the money in ; Hrafnkell bætti engan mann fé, H. paid no weregild whomsoever he slew, 4; ek vil engan mann fé b., 9; Styrr vá mörg víg, en bætti engin ( víg), S. slew many men, but paid for none, 54; bæta þá menn alla er þar létusk eðr fyrir sárum urðu, 98; b. sakir () fé (), ii. 169: the law term, b. baugum, to pay weregild, 174: the amount of money in to pay out, bæt heldr fé þat er þú ert sakaðr við hann, iii. 22; ok á hann eigi þat at b., he has not to pay that, ii. 168; b. öfandar bót, 358: bættr, 98, 246.
2. to redress, adjust; b. við e-n, or b. yfir við e-n, to give one redress, make good a wrong inflicted; hefir þú yfir bætt við mik um þetta bráðræði, ii. 25, xi. 434: also used in a religious sense, skaltu b. við Guð, er þú hefir svá mjök gengit af trú þinni, ii. 213 (yfír-bót, repentance); b. sál, or b. fyrir sál sinni, to do for the health of the soul, iv. 63, i. 345 i. 642 (in a verse); b. um e-t, to make a thing better (um-bot, bettering, improvement), 442: , ekki bætisk um, matters grow worse, ii. 53; b. við, to add to (við-bót, addition), Húv. 45.3. pass, used as in ; ok er eigi at bættra, þótt …, things are no better, though …, vii. 36; þykir mér Ólafr ekki at bættari, þótt…, it is no redress for Olave’s death, though …, ii. 410; er mér ekki sour minn at bættari þótt Bolli sé drepinn, my son’s death is none the more atoned for though B. is slain, 226.4. as noun; bætandi, -endr, a law term, one who has to pay weregild, ii. 174,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- Hel.Heliand.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- theol.theological, theologically.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- reflex.reflexive.
- absol.absolute, absolutely.
- cp.compare.
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- i. e.id est.
- viz.namely.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
- act.germynd (e. active)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- etc.et cetera.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- O. H. L.Ólafs saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Hrafn.Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)