fyrir framan siglu

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(-da, -t), v.

1) to sail;

sigla af landi, to stand off the land;

sigla at landi, to stand in to land;

sigla í haf, á haf, til hafs, to stand out to sea;

sigla á skip, to run into a ship;

sigla meira, to set more sails;

sigla um e-n, to sail by one;

sigla um Eyrarsund, to sail through the Sound;

sigla um, to get under weigh, set sail (þegar er þeir höfðu um siglt, þá gaf þeim byr);

with the course in acc., þat er sögn manna, at Skopti hafi fyrstr Norðmanna siglt Njörvasund, was the first Northman to sail through N.;

with the weather in acc. (þeir sigla norðr um Sognsæ byr góðan ok bjart veðr);

veðr siglanda, weather fit for sailing;

2) fig., sigla á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, take the wind out of his sails (engi maðr mun hafa siglt á veðr jafnmörgum höfðingjum);

sigla milli skers ok báru, to sail between Scylla and Charybdis;

3) to go as with sails (sigldi íkorninn í milli limanna á öðru tré).

f. mast (fyrir framan siglu).

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u, f. the mast; fyrir framan siglu, Eg. 33; fyrir aptan siglu, þeim megin siglu, Grág. ii. 137; stóð maðr við siglu, Nj. 125, Fms. vi. 359.

COMPDS: siglubiti, siglurá, sigluskeið, siglutoppr, siglutré.

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(-da, -t), v.

1) to sail;

sigla af landi, to stand off the land;

sigla at landi, to stand in to land;

sigla í haf, á haf, til hafs, to stand out to sea;

sigla á skip, to run into a ship;

sigla meira, to set more sails;

sigla um e-n, to sail by one;

sigla um Eyrarsund, to sail through the Sound;

sigla um, to get under weigh, set sail (þegar er þeir höfðu um siglt, þá gaf þeim byr);

with the course in acc., þat er sögn manna, at Skopti hafi fyrstr Norðmanna siglt Njörvasund, was the first Northman to sail through N.;

with the weather in acc. (þeir sigla norðr um Sognsæ byr góðan ok bjart veðr);

veðr siglanda, weather fit for sailing;

2) fig., sigla á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, take the wind out of his sails (engi maðr mun hafa siglt á veðr jafnmörgum höfðingjum);

sigla milli skers ok báru, to sail between Scylla and Charybdis;

3) to go as with sails (sigldi íkorninn í milli limanna á öðru tré).

f. mast (fyrir framan siglu).

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ð or d, [segl], to sail; sigla ok róa. Eg. 86, Grág. ii. 130; s. af landi, to stand off the land, Landn. 26; s. at landi, to stand in to land; s. með landi, to sail along shore; s. rétt í vestr, í norðr, Eg. 86, Landn. 25; s. út ór ánni, Þórð. 26; s. í haf, á haf, or til hafs, to stand out to sea, Ld. 32, Nj. 4, Fms. vi. 359; en er þeir höfðu um siglt, sailed by, Fms. v. 305; freisia ef þeir sigli svá um oss fram, Orkn. 402; s. undan, to sail away, id.; s. meira, to sail faster, Ó. H. 182; s. eptir e-m, id.; sigla djarfliga. Fms. vii. 67; s. á skip, to strike against, x. 76: the distance or course in acc., sigla þeir sunnan fyrir Stað tuttugu vikur sævar, xi. 122; þá mun siglt vera tylpt fyrir sunnan Ísland, then the course will be a ‘tylpt’ south of Iceland, Landn. 25; segla menn, at Skopti hafi fyrstr Norðmanna siglt Njörva-sund, that S. is the first Northman that sailed by N., Fms. vii. 66; s. lítinn byr ok fagran, ii. 182; sigla þeir góða byri, x. 260; sigldi hann inn um Agðanes vá mikinn storm, at …, ix. 314: sigldi hann ór Suðreyjum svá mikla sigling. at …, he sailed so famous a voyage, that…, Landn. 214; þeir sigla norðr um Sognsæ byr góðan ok bjart veðr, Eg. 120; sigli þér sælir! (Gr. εὐπλοειτε), Am. 32.

2. in Icel. sigla also means to travel, like Fr. voyager; hann sigldi þrysvar, went thrice abroad; kálfr sigldi, kom út naut, kusi lifð’ og dó ‘ann, a ditty; hence sigldr, part. travelled, and ó-sigldr, untravelled.

II. metaph. phrases; sigla á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, take the wind out of his sails; engi maðr mun meirr hafa siglt á veðr jafnmörgum höfðingjum, Band. 39 new Ed.; sigla milli skers ok báru, between the skerry and the billow, between Scylla and Charybdis, Fms. ii. 268, Fb. iii. 402; þeir höföu sigr er ú-vænna þóttu út sigla, they won the race who were thought to have the least chance at the start, Sturl. iii. 251; þótt þér þykki eigi úvænt út sigla, though the chance be small at the start, 237.

2. to go as with sails; sigldi hann millum limanna á annat tré, of a squirrel leaping from tree to tree, Ó. H. 85.

III. rccipr., þeir sigldusk nær í sundi einu, Korm. 230: part. gerund, siglanda segltækt, fit for sailing; siglanda væri þetta veðr fyrir Jaðar, ef …, Ó. H. 138; ú-siglanda veðr, weather not fit for sailing.

v. слаб. -ia-; praet. siglda, pp. siglt

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гл. сл. - ia- плыть под парусами; s. í haf отправиться в плавание