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bjarga

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barg, burgu, borgit; bergr, björgum; bjarg; byrga: in use after the Reformation this verb is constantly used weak, bjarga, að, bjargar, bjargat; the only remnant of the old is the borgit, In Norway this weak form occurs very early, bjargar, servat, 17; in the weak seldom occurs before the 15th century; bjargaðist, 143, and bjargat () = borgit, 11, are probably due to these passages being left in paper ; the weak bjargaði, however, occurs in a vellum of the 15th century, 388; 1st bjarga, xi. 150 ( 13th century) seems to be a Norse idiom, [ bairgan; bergan; beargan; birgr]:—to save, help; with , bergr hverjum sem eigi er feigr (a proverb), iii. 220; sá er öldum bergr, who saves mankind, against the giants, Thor, 22; nema Þorgeirr byrgi honum, 295: , Guð barg (by God’s grace) er konungrinn varð eigi sárr, v. 268: in sense, vildu þeir eigi snúast til mín at ek byrga þeim, 656 C. 23, : , e-m er borgit, is saved, comes safe and sound out of danger, 178, 29.
2. a law term; b. sök, máli, to find a point of defence; hann bergr þeim kosti sökinni, at …, i. 40; bergsk hann við bjargkviðinn, he is free by virtue of the verdict, 36; borgit mun nú verða at lögum, there will be some means of putting it right, 11, 36.3. special phrases; b. skipshöfn, to pick up the shipwrecked, , xi. 412; skipi, to haul a ship out of the reach of tides and waves, ii. 385; hval, to drag a dead whale ashore, 461: to help labouring women (v. bjargrúnar), 9; b. nám (v. nábjargir), to render the last service to a dead body, 33; b. kúm, to attend cows casting calf, 32; b. búfé, to milk ewes, i. 10; b. brókum, cacare, xi. 150.II. of mutual help; bjargast at allir saman, to be saved all in common, ii. 347.III. , bjargask vel, to behave well, keep the heart up, in cold or hunger; Oddr bargst vel á fjallinu (in snow storm), iii. 215, 324, of one shipwrecked; b. úti, of cattle, to graze, i. 25; b. sjálfr, to gain one’s bread, i. 294; b. á sínar hendr (spýtur), to support oneself with one’s own hands, ii. 159: of food or drink, bergja; Snorri goði fann, at nafni hans bargst lítt við ostinn, that he got on slowly eating the cheese, 244; hann spurði, hví hann byrgist svá lítt ( mataðist svá seint), … why he ate so slowly, id.; verði þér nú at bjargast við slíkt sem til er, you must put up with what you can get, für lieb nehmen, 204; hon bað fyrir þær matar ok burgust þær við þat, 26; hon bjargaðist (= bargst) lítt við þá fæðu er til var, she could hardly eat the food they had ( hjúkaðist), 174. Part. borginn, used as and even in ; , erat héra (héri = hegri = duck) at borgnara þótt hæna beri skjöld, the drake is none the better off though a hen shield him, of a craven, 174, vii. 116: [Early to borrow = to save, ‘who borrowed Susanna out of wo,’ Sir Guy of Warwick.]
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  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • imperat.boðháttur (e. imperative)
  • pret.þátíð (e. preterite)
  • subj.viðtengingarháttur (e. subjunctive)
  • mod.modern.
  • sup.sagnbót (e. supine)
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  • recipr.reciprocally.
  • reflex.reflexive.
  • esp.especially.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • Germ.German.
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  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
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