drýgja
sagnorð
ð, [drjúgr; dreógan = to endure; and to dree = to endure, suffer]:—to commit, perpetrate, mostly in a bad sense; d. synd, to commit a sin, 202; d. glæp, id.; d. hórdóm, to commit whoredom, 340; þú skalt ekki hórdóm d., thou shall not commit whoredom; d. misræðu við konu, id., i. 338; d. hernað, to pirate, ii. 70; d. ílsku, 32: it is a standing phrase in or sacred writers, , , Vidal.: in a good sense only in a few phrases as the , d. dáð, iii. 7; or in poets or bad old prose; orlög d., orlig dreogan ( the to dree one’s weird = to abide one’s fate), to try one’s luck, i, also the tales, in die welt gehen; d. hlýðni, 675; d. mannliga náttúru, to pay the debt of nature, 447; d. e-s vilja, to comply with one’s wishes, 14,—the last three passages are bad prose.
β. to make to keep longer, to lengthen, ii. 173, 3. 30.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- North. E.Northern English.
- Scot.Scottish.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- K. Á.Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- N. T.New Testament.
- Pass.Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Vkv.Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bær.Bærings saga. (G. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Bb.Búnaðar-bálkr.