skíra
sagnorð
ð; a distinction is made between skíra (with í) = to purify, and skýra (with y) = to explain; but that both words are identical is shewn from the : [ skeirjan = ἑρμηνεύειν, skeireins = ἑρμηνεία, skeirs = clear]:—to cleanse, purify; s. silfr, i. 185; þat skírir ok birtir augu, … þat bætir myrk augu ok skírir, Pr. 472, 473; skíra sik, to cleanse oneself.
2. of an oath or ordeal, to clear, purge; skíra sik með tylptar-eiði, 151; ok skíri hón sik, ok handsala faðerni ef hón verðr skír, 77; er þó ván at þú skírir þik í hreinsunar-eldi, vii. 38.II. [as translation of fullian = to cleanse], to baptize, christen; skíra barn, , , , , , in countless instances, old and
2. skírask, to be baptized; láta skírask, 10, i. 23, 129.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Goth.Gothic.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- mod.modern.
- reflex.reflexive.
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Lv.Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)