Yrða

etja

óflokkað
atti; et; att; but etjað, 625. 73; [it means probably ‘to make bite,’ a causal of eta]:—to make fight, with , etja hestum, of horse fights, a favourite sport of the ancients; for a graphic description of this fight see i. 633. 18, 18, 12, 58, 59, 7, ii. 126; vide hesta-þing, hesta-at, víg-hestr,
2. to goad on to fight; atta ek jöfrum en aldri sætta’k, 24.
β. etja hamingju við e-n, to match one’s luck with another, iv. 147; e. kappi við e-n, to match one’s force against one, 64, 82; e. vandræðum við e-n, 458; e. saman manndrápum, to incite two parties to manslaughter, 14: in a good sense, to exhort, ok etjað þá þolinmæði, (rare).γ. , etja við e-t, to contend against; e. við aflamun, to fight against odds, 110; e. við liðsmun, id., i. 42, ix. 39, 122; e. við ofrefli, id., iii. 9; e. við reiði e-s, i. 240.
3. to stretch forth, put forth; hann etr fram berum skallanum, he put forth his bare skull to meet the blows, xi. 132; ( now use ota, að, in this sense.)II. , lét eigi sama at etjask við kennimenn gamla, said it was unseemly to hoot old clergymen, i. 104; er ofstopi etsk í gegn ofstopa, if violence is put against violence, 655 xxi. 3.
2. to contend mutually; ef menn etjask vitnum á, if men contend (plead) with witnesses, i. 247; ok ef þeir vilja andvitnum á etjask, 298.
III. the phrase, ettja heyvi (spelt with tt), to fodder (cattle) upon hay, ii. 278, 340; ettja andvirki, to fodder upon a hayrick, 357.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • pres.nútíð (e. present)
  • part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • esp.especially.
  • ch.chapter.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • gener.generally.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • ellipt.elliptical, elliptically.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • reflex.reflexive.
  • recipr.reciprocally.
  • Andr.Andreas saga. (F. III.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Arons S.Arons saga. (D. III.)
  • Glúm.Víga-Glúms saga. (D. II.)
  • Rd.Reykdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Vígl.Víglundar saga. (D. V.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Anecd.Anecdoton. (H. II.)
  • Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)