elta
sagnorð
t, to chase, with ; þeir eltu einn hjört, 27 ; elta dýr á spori, 199; e. sauði, to run after sheep, in order to fetch them back, 27, 28 (in a verse); eltu Þjálfa, 39; þeir höfðu elt af skipum Tryggva konung, they had driven king T. from his ships, i. 37; Styrkárr elti þá suðr í Karmsund, ix. 54; hljópu á land upp ok eltu þá, iv. 304, 21; e. öxn með vendi, to drive cattle with a goad, 471.
β. to pursue one eagerly; eltask eptir e-m, … ix. 305: now say, eltask við e-n, of catching a horse, sheep, when grazing wild in an open field.II. to knead, work; elta leir, to mix lime, 247, Exod. i. 14.
2. a tanner’s term; e. skinn, to tan a hide, rub, scratch it, so as to make it soft; ek skal yðra húð elta með klungrum, 395. Judges viii. 7; elt skinn, tanned hide; óelt skinn, rough hide, ()3. = velta, to overthrow, in the Runic phrase, at rita sa varþi es ailti stain þansi eþa heþan dragi, Rafn 188, 194.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- reflex.reflexive.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- cp.compare.
- i. e.id est.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- Flóv.Flóvents saga. (G. II.)
- Barl.Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)