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1 SKYN
I)(pl. -jar), f. sense, knowledge, understanding; vita, kunna, hafa s. (or skynjar) á e-u, to have knowledge of, understand (Flosi kvazt eigi vita s. á, hverir lögmenn væri mestir); hann kunni allra s. í borginni, he knew all the people in the town; bera s. yfir e-t, to have knowledge of a thing, understand it; gjalda s. fyrir e-t, to give account of, account for; Loki sagði s. á öllum gripum, explained all the objects.n. = skyn, f. (kunna gott s.).* * *n. and f., skynjar, f. pl.; in sing. this word is mostly neut., but in old writers also fem.α. fem., nökkura skyn, O. H. L. 5; mesta skyn, Edda i. 174; með náttúrligri skyn, Thom. 383; slíka skyn, K. Á. 194; fulla skyn, Clar.β. neut., gott skyn, Lv. 43; lítið skyn, Nj. 69 (in a verse), Róm. 145; skyns ok skilningar, Cod. Arna-Magn. 234 (vellum); at skyni sjálfs sín, Eb. 248; fullt skyn, Clar. (vellum 657); nokkut skyn, Skáld 11. 63; lítið grasbíta skyn, Nj. (in a verse), and so throughout in mod. usage; the Dan. skjön is also neut.: in other instances when the word stands single in acc. and without an adjective the gender cannot be ascertained.2. plur., neut., lítil skyn, Fms. vi. 276: fem. skynjar, Sighvat, Fms. v. 209, Fb. i. 207, ii. 332, Sturl. ii. 22 (in a verse), but it is obsolete.B. Sense, perception, understanding; þessar stjörnur sagði Plato hafa lif ok skyn, Skálda 174; vita, kunna, hafa skyn á e-u. to have a sense of, understand, know; en þessir hafa svá út komit at menn hafi helzt skyn á vitað, Bs. i. 64; Flosi kvaðsk eigi vita skyn á hverir lögmenn væri mestir, Nj. 223; meðal N.N. ok N.N. sonar, sem ér vituð skyn á, Grág. ii. 167; þeir vissu litið skyn a Rómverjum, Róm. 145: líkligt at konungr myndi lítil skyn á mér kunna. Fms. vi. 276; mönnum er vér vitum eigi skyn á, xi. 323; hann kunni allra skyn í borginni, knew all the people in the town, vi. 410; vissi hón skynjar (skyn, i. 186, l. c.) á honum ok ætt hans, Fb. i. 207; gékk hann út um nætr ok sá himintungl, ok hugði at vandiiga, ok kunni þar á. gott skyn, Lv. 43; en Oðinn bar þeim mun vest þenna skaða, sem hann kunni mesta skyn ( he knew best) hversu mikil aftaka ok missa Ásunum var í fráfalli Baldrs, Edda 37, O. H. L. 5; öngar skynjar höfðu þau á heilagri trú, Fb. ii. 332; kunna mestar skynjar e-s, to understand best, Sighvat; veit ek á þvi skynjar, Sturl. ii. 22 (in a verse); bera skyn yfir e-t. to have perception of a thing, understand, perceive it, Fms. xi. 438; sagði skyn á öllum gripum, explained all the objects, Edda i. 342; gjalda skyn fyrir. to give reason for, account for, Bs. i. 198; skal þá hverr gjalda skyn fyrir sín verk ok vilja, Barl. 124; áðr Geirr góði fann þat af skyni sjálfs; síns at honum fakkuðusk skotvápnin, Eb. 248.II. in the phrase, í e-a skyni, with that meaning, intention; í góðu skyni, with good intent; eg; gaf þér bókina í því skyni, at þú skyldir læra hana.
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