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1 GEIFLA
(að), v. to mumble (g. á e-u).* * *að, [cp. A. S. geaflas = grinders], to mumble with the lips; gömlum kennu vér nú Goðanum at g. á saltinu, see how we teach the old Godi to mumble the salt, Bs. i. 25;—it was usual to put salt into the mouth of neophytes when baptized as a symbol of the words (Matth. v. 13) ‘ye are the salt of the earth,’ vide Bingham’s Origg. iv. 39:—metaph. to mutter, þótt þú geiflir slíkt, Grett. 116 (MS.):—geifla sig, to make a wry mouth as if about to cry.
См. также в других словарях:
geaflas — geaflas2 m pl jaws … Old to modern English dictionary
ĝhē-2 : ghǝ- and ĝhēi- : ĝhī- — ĝhē 2 : ghǝ and ĝhēi : ĝhī English meaning: to gape, yawn Deutsche Übersetzung: “gähnen, klaffen” Note: schallmalend for den Gähnlaut (in addition the weitergebildete stem ĝhii̯ ü); (see also under ĝhans “goose “; similarly … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
