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1 spyrna
(-da, -dr), v. to spurn;spyrna fœti á e-n or á e-m, s. fœti til e-s, to push one with the foot, to kick (Þórr spyrndi fœti sínum á hann); s. fœti (fótum) í e-t, to put or press one’s foot (feet) against; s. við, to struggle against with the feet (it fyrsta sinn, er úlfrinn spyrndi við, brotnaði sá fjöturr); s. e-u af sér, to kick off (gat hann spyrnt af sér fjötrinum); frá spyrndr allri eign, spurned from, bereft of; recipr., spyrnast í iljar, to touch one another with the soles (of two stretched on their backs).* * *d, [spor, cp. sperna, sporna; A. S. speornan; Engl. spurn]:—to spurn, strike with the feet; er úlfrinn spyrnir, Edda 20; s. fæti á e-m, Glúm. 338, Edda 38; stinga huefa eðr spyrna fæti, Grág. ii. 133; s. við fætinum, Bs. i. 462; spyrna fótum í e-t, to spurn with the feet at, Fms. vii. 120; svá hafði Björn hart spyrnt til Vagns, xi. 153; hann spyrndi til sveinsins, Dropl. 31; s. í e-t, to put the feet against, to kick, Bs. i. 462: s. móti broddinum, Acts ix. 5; s. af sér fjötri, Ísl. ii. 52.II. reflex., spyrnask í iljar, of two stretched on their backs, heels to heels, Fas. ii. 147, Þorf. Karl. 410, v. l.2. part., frá spyrndr allri eign, spurned from, bereft, Fagrsk. 100. -
2 limi
* * *a, m., proncd. lími, [lim], a broom or rod of twigs, rod; barðr ok með lima húðstrokinn, Bær. 20; hann lætr ganga limann um bak honum ok báðar síður, Grett. 135; lét taka þá Svein alla, ok leggja fast lima á bak þeim, and lay the rod stoutly on their backs, Fms. vi. 189; limi söng harðan prima, the rod sang a harsh time ( on his back), Mork. 227, cp. Orkn. 188, (in the verse in the note) = ‘the waves did beat the ship:’ the mod. phrase, leggja sig í líma, prop. to lay oneself under the rod, to take great pains in a thing, work hard; sóp-limi, a sweeping besom. lima-högg, n. a flogging, Hkr. iii. 216. -
3 ÞÆFA
i. e. þœfa, ð, [þóf, hence the mod. Dan. töve], to beat, stamp cloth; þau klæði vóru þæfð með sand ok tjöru, Fas. i. 346; and in mod. usage, þæfa sokka, vetlinga, peisu; þæfa í tunnu, to stamp in a tub, a curious custom still used in Icel. of two men lying on their backs and treading a tub open at both ends, so as to pack the cloth tightly.2. metaph. to do a thing in a slow or tedious manner; þæfði hón þá ofan til árinnar, she went lumbering down to the river, Grett. 140; nú bíðu vér búnir, ok þarf eigi at þæfa oss lengr í þessu, to keep us longer waiting, Sturl. i. 134; eigi mun ek þik lengi þæfa um liðs-beina, Lv. 105; förum heim, þæfum ekki Skíða, ok rannsökum bæinn, let us not belabour S. any longer, Sd. 168.II. reflex., skulum vér þæfask svá við, struggle and delay (cp. Dan. töve), Vápn. 16; ekki mun ek lengi þæfask til hvílunnar við þik, Gísl. 16. -
4 ösku-poki
a, m. an ‘ash-poke,’ ash-bag. In Icel. on Ash-Wednesday, men and women, esp. the young, are all day long on the alert, being divided into two camps; the women trying to fasten small bags of ashes, by a hook or pin, on the men (hengja á þá ösku-poka), hooking the ash-bag on their backs or clothes, so as to make them carry it unawares; it a man carries it three steps or across a threshold without knowing it, the game is won. The men on their side fasten bags with small stones on the women.
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