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[ skauts = κράσπεδον, Matth. ix. 20, Mark vi. 56, Luke viii. 44; sceât; sheet; skoza; schoss; sköd]:—the sheet, the corner of a square cloth or other object; hann sá niðr síga dúk mikinn af himni með fjórum skautum, 656 C. 8 (Acts xi. 5); hann var borinn í fjórum skautum til búðar, 395, 95 new ; var hann fluttr heim í fjórum skautum, 24; feldr fimm álna í skaut, a cloak of five ells square, 86: of the heaven, þeir görðu þar af himinn ok settu hann yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum, with four ‘sheets,’ corners (east, west, north, south), ; whence himin-skaut, the airts, four quarters of the heavens; or heims-skaut, the poles, norðr-skaut or norðr-heims-skaut, the north pole; jarðar-skaut, the earth’s corner, outskirt of the earth, (in a verse).
2. the sheet, the rope fastened to the corner of a sail, by which it is let out or hauled close, ii. 283; þeir létu landit á bakborða ok létu skaut horfa á land, i. 431; skautin ok líkin, ( H. Mind. ii. 662): the phrase, beggja skauta byrr, a fair wind (right astern), ii. 48, in usage.3. the skirt or sleeve of a garment; of a cloak, hann hafði rauða skikkju ok drepit upp skautunum, vii. 297, 226; skikkju hlaðbúna í skaut niðr, 48, 169; hence, bera hlut í skaut, to throw the lot into the skirt of the cloak, i. 37, 347 (see hlutr; or is skaut here = a kerchief (skauti) tied together to make a purse?); ef fé liggr í skauti, 170: hann hafði und skauti sér leyniliga handöxi, x. 397: whence the phrases, hafa brögð undir skauti, of a cunning person ( hafa ráð undir hverju rifi), i. 730; hafa ráð und skauti, i. 35 (in a verse); hann mun verða yðr þungr í skauti, heavy in the flap, hard to deal with, ii. 130: hence the bosom, skjöd ( sinus), hvern dag sitr hann ok liggr í hennar skauti, ok leikr sér, ; Abrahams-skaut, Bible. A new-born infant used to be taken into the ‘skaut’ of his parents, and was thenceforth counted as legitimate; hence the phrases, sá maðr er borinn er skauta á meðal, skal taka slíkan rétt sem faðir hans hafði, i. 212: the same ceremony was also a token of adoption, þann mann skal leiða á rekks skaut ok rýgiar, 209; möttul-skaut, 4. of a head-dress, a hood, thrown round the head with the ends hanging down; klæði með hettu ok mjófu skauti bak ok fyrir, ; skaut eða húfu, 60; síðfaldin skaut á höfði … lyptir hón skautinu brott ór höfðinu, id.; haf þat þér fyrir skaut ok höfuð-dúk, 127; kasta af höfði þér skautum ok höfuð-dúk, 208; krúsat skaut, iv. 359, 363; skaut, höfuð-dúkr, 217; kvenna-skaut, ii. 358; hálsa-skaut, a ‘neck-sheet,’ the flap of the hood, 12 (in a riddle); Ránar skaut, of the waves, (in a verse).
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