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2 AKTA
(að), v.1) to number, tax, value (akta fólkit, akta vísaeyri konungs);2) to examine, search into (aktið þér ok öll leyni þau, er hann má felast);3) to devote attention to, to study (akta ýmisligar íþróttir, bókligar listir);4) to procure (akta þá hluti er hinum sjúka henta); akta e-t inn, to furnish, supply;5) to debate, discuss in parliament (nú sem þetta var aktat, gengu menn til lögréttu).* * *að, [for. word, which therefore does not observe the contraction into á, which is the rule with genuine words; it appears esp. in eccl. writers and annalists at the end of the 13th and 14th centuries, Arna b. S., K. Á., Stj., the Norse Gþl., etc.: cp. A. S. eahtan; Hel. ahton, censere, considerare; Germ. achten; mid. Lat. actare, determinare et actare, Du Cange in a letter of the year 1284.]I. to number, tax, value, take a census; akta fólkið, Stj. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10; fóru þeir víða um land ok öktuðu vísaeyri konungs, taxed, Bs. i. 707; nú byggir maðr dýrra en vandi hefir á verit, akti ( tax) því fremr dýrra ok fremr til leiðangrs ok landvarnar, he shall be taxed in due proportion, Gþl. 337.2. to examine, enquire; aktið inniliga öll þau leyni sem hánn má í felast, to take diligent heed of all the lurking-places, Stj. 479. 1 Sam. xxiii. 23; aktið þó áðr, and look, that, id. 2 Kings x. 23; hann aktaði eptir ( looked after) urn eignir staðarins, Bs. i. 778.3. to devote attention to, study; hann aktaði mjök bókligar listir, Bs. i. 666, 680.II. a law term, esp. in the Arna b. S., to debate, discuss in parliament; mú er þetta var aktað ( debated) gengu menn til lögréttu, Bs. i. 719; var þá gengit til lögréttu, ok lesit bréf konungs ok drottningar ok aktað ( stated) af leikmanna hendi hversu prestar höfðu af stöðum gengit, 735; lögbók öktuð á alþingi, the code of law debated at the althing, H. Ann. 419. 19. Now only used in the sense of to care for, feel respect for, but a rare and unclassical -
3 bœta
(-tta, -ttr), v.1) to better, improve (ár þær, sem mikit bœta landit);bœta ráð sitt (to better one’s condition) ok biðja konu;bœta aptr, to restore;bœta at e-u, to repair;bœta upp borg, to repair it;2) to make up for, compensate;ef þér vilit eigi bœta (make up for) þat er þér hafit brotit;bœta glœp sinn syndir sínar, to atone for one’s crime, sins;bœta e-m e-t, to compensate one for a thing (= bœta e-t við e-n);Styrr vá mörg víg, en bœtti engi (viz. víg), S. slew many men, but paid for none;bœta mann fé (dat.), to pay weregild for one slain (Hrafnkell bœtti engan mann fé);bœta sál sína, to devote one’s efforts to the saving of one’s soul;bœta um e-t, to improve a thing;ekki bœtist um, matters grow worse;bœta yfir e-t, to make good again, redress;3) to heal, restore to health;guð bœtti honum af þessi sótt, God healed him of his disease; with gen. of the disease;bœta e-m sinnar vanheilsu, to restore one to health;refl., e-m bœtist, one gets better, is restored to health; with gen. of the disease (bœttist Búa augnaverkjarins).
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