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1 skíra, ausa vatni
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2 skíra, nefna
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3 Kristna
(að), v.1) to christianize;2) to christen, baptize.* * *1.að, to Christianise, Nj. 156, the Sagas passim: to christen, baptize, fæða skal barn hvert er borit verðr í penna heim, Kristna ok til Kirkju bera, N. G. L. i. 339: in mod. usage to confirm.II. reflex., láta Kristnask, to be Christianised, Fms. i. 33, Nj. 158, Bs.2. -
4 SKÍRA
baptize, baptise* * *(-ða, -ðr), v.1) to cleanse, purify (s. silfr); skira sik, to clear (pure) oneself by an oath or ordeal;2) to baptize, christen (skírði prestr barnit); láta skírast, to be baptized.* * *ð; a distinction is made between skíra (with í) = to purify, and skýra (with y) metaph. = to explain; but that both words are identical is shewn from the Goth.: [Ulf. skeirjan = ἑρμηνεύειν, skeireins = ἑρμηνεία, skeirs = clear]:—to cleanse, purify; s. silfr, Hkr. 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, Gþl. 151; ok skíri hón sik, ok handsala faðerni ef hón verðr skír, Lv. 77; er þó ván at þú skírir þik í hreinsunar-eldi, Fms. vii. 38.II. eccl. [as translation of A. S. fullian = to cleanse], to baptize, christen; skíra barn, K. Þ. K., N. G. L., Fms., Nj., Bs., in countless instances, old and mod.2. reflex. skírask, to be baptized; láta skírask, Jb. 10, Fms. i. 23, 129. -
5 hafning
f. a heaving up, elevation, lifting, of christening (cp. the phrase, hefja ór heiðnum dómi = to christen), N. G. L. i. 339, 340.
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