Yrða

geifla

sagnorð
að, [ geaflas = grinders], to mumble with the lips; gömlum kennu vér nú Goðanum at g. á saltinu, see how we teach the old Godi to mumble the salt, i. 25;—it was usual to put salt into the mouth of neophytes when baptized as a symbol of the words (Matth. v. 13) ‘ye are the salt of the earth,’ vide Bingham’s Origg. iv. 39:— to mutter, þótt þú geiflir slíkt, 116 ():—geifla sig, to make a wry mouth as if about to cry.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • cp.compare.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)