breyta
sagnorð
tt, [braut, via], to alter, change: bregða implies the notion of breach, breyta simply denotes change: with ; b. farveg (of a river), to form a new channel, i. 350, 4, 158, ii. 158, i. 292; flestar Þjóðir þurfa at b. (transform) nafni hans til sinnar tungu, 14; þá vóru snjóvar miklir ok breyttir (changed, become impassable) vegir allir, 543, 262 (where the is wrong;).
β. , hafa þau ekki breyzk síðan, they have not changed since, viii. 5.γ. to vary; b. háttum, to vary the metre, 121; b. hári sínu, to dress the hair, 45; b. málum, to speak rhetorically, dress one’s words, vi. 392; réttr ok b., plain and artificial, 120; úbreyttr, plain.II. , without case, to conduct oneself, act, do, behave; ef við breytum svá, if we do so, 202, Ísl. ii. 181, i. 150; b. eptir e-m, to imitate, 15; b. til e-s, to attempt, ii. 94.
2. in use chiefly in moral sense, to behave, conduct oneself; b. vel, illa, kristilega, breytni, , Vidal.,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- reflex.reflexive.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- absol.absolute, absolutely.
- mod.modern.
- cp.compare.
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Greg.Gregory. (F. II.)
- Symb.Symbolae. (H. IV.)
- N. T.New Testament.
- Pass.Passiu-Sálmar.