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falda

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in old writers this word (if used in sense II) always follows the strong form and is declined like halda, félt, 166, vide passim, féldu; feld; falt; féldi, (in a verse); part, faldinn; but in signf. I (to fold) it is weak (faldar, faldaði), though it seldom occurs in old writers in this sense: in usage the weak form only is used: [ falþan = πτύσσειν in Luke iv. 20. to fold or close the book; fealdan; to fold; falten; folde; fålla; Fr. fauder; plicare]:—to fold, with :
I. to fold; ek skal hana saman, I shall fold her up, 9; tók hón þá skyrtuna ok faldaði saman, id.; sem hón hafði saman faldat, id.; fald eptir, to unfold a fold, id.; at engi mundi þann fald aptr , id.; ef hón gæti aptr faldat skyrtu þína, 13.
β. to hem; falda dúk, klút, , to hem a towel, kerchief, or the like; faldaðr, ófaldaðr.
II. to hood or cover the head, chiefly used of ladies wearing the fald, :
α. with of the person, of the dress; ek mun falda þik með höfuðdúki, 201; at hón hefði nú faldit sik við motrinum, 210; Brandr var faldinn, B. was hooded as a lady, 109; Hildr Eyvindar-dóttir félt honum, H. hooded him, 194 ( fylgði wrongly); at hón hefði nú faldit ( wrongly faldat) sik við motrinum, that she had hooded herself with the motr, 210; mundi Guðrún ekki þurfa at falda sik motri til þess, at sama betr en allar konur aðrar, id.; hennar höfut er faldit þremr skautum, her head is hooded in three sheets (hence skauta-faldr), 48 (Fr.)β. with of the person; þá segir Hrefna, at hón vill falda sér við motrinn (better motrinum), 192; ef maðr feldr sér til vélar við konu, eðr ferr hann í kvennklæði, if a man hoods his head wilily mocking a woman, i. 338 (liable to the lesser outlawry); þér við höfuðdúki, , ; aldri hefi ek frétt at konur féldi höfuðdúkum, (in a verse); ek félt hjálmi, I covered my head in a helmet, Sighvat.γ. the phrases, falda sítt, to hood the head so that the eyes and face cannot be seen; far á meðal kvenna, ok falt þér sítt, at ekki verðir þú kend, 656 B. 11; brúðirnar falda sítt, svá at úgerla má sjá þeirra yfirlit, xi. 106; enn fyrsta aptan hafa brúðirnar síð-faldit, 29 ( 1824); sú (kona) hafði sítt faldit, vii. 161, Gen. xxxviii. 14; falda hátt, to wear a tall fald, 136 (in a verse); falda blá, or svörtu, to hood the head in black, to mourn, Ísl. ii. 351 (in a verse): the phrase, rauðu, to hood the head in red, to die a bloody death, 2. faldinn, used as hooded, faldaðr, hooded, bordered, hemmed, , in compds, eld-faldinn, hooded with flames, epithet of the foaming waves, ; hjálmi faldinn, hooded with a helmet (), 1. 47; járn-faldinn, iron-hooded, helmed, 208 (in a verse): hag-faldin, hooded with hedges, epithet of the goddess Earth, vi. 140 (in a verse); hvít-faldin, white-hooded, of glaciers or foaming waves, 12, 16.
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