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1 hæfileikar, gáfur
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2 GIPT
f.1) gift (jarðligar giptir);2) good luck (= gipta).* * *gift, f. [gefa], a gift, 656 C. 12, Greg. 37, Hom. 62; Heilags Anda gipt, 625. 30, 655 A. 13. 3: a gift of nature, endowment, Fms. x. 314, Eluc. 27, Edda 144 (pref.): income, N. G. L. i. 345, 347: a wedding, A. S. gifta, giptar-gáfa, u, f. a wedding gift, D. N.: giptar-jörð, f. a dowry farm, N. G. L. i. 356: giptar-kveld, n. a wedding eve, cp. brúðgjöf and bekkiargjöf, N. G. L. i. 356: giptar-mál, n. [Dan. givtermaal], a marriage, D. N.: giptar-orð, n. marriage, El. 10: giptar-vitni, n. a wedding witness, N. G. L. i. 356. -
3 heiman-fylgja
u, f. the dowry which a bride brings with her from home, opp. to mundr, Grág. i. 174. 313, Nj. 11, Sturl. iii. 179, Korm. 134, Stj. 570, N. G. L. i. 232, Gísl. 16, Ísl. ii. 9, 378, passim.2. metaph. of a son, Dipl. iv. 5; but mostly of a church, cp. Engl. endowment, the church being regarded as the bride of Christ; h. kirkjunnar, Bs. i. 287, K. Á. 24. ☞ Fylgja is here prop. akin and another form of the word fúlga, q. v., and heiman-fylgja, qs. heiman-fúlga. -
4 heiman-görð
f. an endowing, endowment, Grág. i. 336, D. N. passim. -
5 inn-gipta
u, f. endowment ( of a monastery), D. N. -
6 til-gjöf
f. a dower, bridal gift, given by the bridegroom to the bride (cp. mundr), Gþl. 212, 214, 221, Fms. ii. 132, ix. 453, x. 309, 340, D. N. passim.2. endowment of a church, K. Á. 24.3. an additional payment (Dan. tilgift), D. N.
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