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1 LÉTTA
* * *(-tta, -ttr), v.1) with acc. to lighten (l. skipin);2) with dat. to lift (þá létti köttrinn einum fœti);3) l. e-u, to desist from, leave off; l. ferð sinni, to stop one’s journey, to halt; also absol., þeir léttu eigi (they stopped not, halted not) fyrr en þeir kómu í Skaptártungur; l. af e-u, l. af at gøra e-t, to leave off doing, give up (hann léttir aldregi af slíkt at vinna); l. af hernaði, to leave off freebooting; l. undan, to withdraw, retreat (svá kom því máli, at Sigvaldi létti undan);4) to relieve, ease (hann létti hans meini með mikilli íþrótt);5) impers., e-m léttir, one is relieved, eased (of pain, illness); sótt (dat.) léttir, léttir af sóttinni, the illness (fever) abates; with the person in dat., the illness in gen. honum létti brátt sóttarinnar, he soon recovered from the illness; l. upp, to clear up, abate, esp. of the weather; storminum (hríðinni) léttir upp, the storm (snowstorm) abates;6) refl., léttast, to be lightened, cleared, of the sky (hinn syðri hlutr léttist); impers., e-m léttist = e-m léttir, one is relieved, eased (léttist honum heldr, ok var á fótum þrjá daga).* * *t:I. with acc. to lighten; hann bað létta skipin, Sturl. iii. 62; þeir köstuðu farminum ok léttu skipin, 656 C. 52.II. with dat.:1. to lift; þá létti köttrinn einum fæti, Edda 33.2. to alight from; létta ferð sinni, þeir léttu eigi fyrr ferð sinni en þeir kómu norðr til Þórólfs, Eg. 76, 106; léttu eigi ferð sinni fyrr, en …, Nj. 61, Fms. i. 72; and absolutely, to stop, halt; þeir léttu eigi (stopped not, halted not) fyrr en þeir kómu í Skaptár-tungur, Nj. 261; er nú mál at létta þessum leik, Fms. xi. 96; l. hernaði, Fær. 99:—létta af e-u, or letta af at göra e-t, to leave off doing, cease doing, give up; hann léttir aldregi af slíkt at vinna, Fb. ii. 391; létta af áleitni við e-n, Fms. vi. 209; létta af at drekka vín, Stj. 428; ef hann léttir af at leita okkar, Bs. i. 228; at aflétta ranglætum, Mar.; létta af hernaði, to leave off freebooting, Fms. i. 30; létta af kvámum, ii. 13; bað þá létta af at drepa menn, Eg. 92: absol., sem þeir léttu at berja hann, D. N. iv. 90: with prepp., létta á e-t, to check, stop, make alight; verðr nú at létta á ofan-förna hennar, Ísl. (Heidarv. S.) ii. 339: var þat auðsýnt á létt hvárttveggia, both were clearly stopped, held in check, Bs. i. 142 (a dubious passage): létta undan, to draw back, Fms. vii. 192; Sigvaldi létti undan ok flýr, xi. 95.III. to relieve, ease; hann létti hans meini með mikilli íþrótt, Bs. i. 644; létta sér (mod. létta sér upp), to take recreation (holidays), Mar.IV. impers. to clear up, esp. of weather; léttir upp mjorkvanum, Al. 140; síðan létti upp hríðinni, Fb. ii. 194; þá létti hríðinni, Bjarn. 55; veðrit hélzk þrjár nætr, ok er upp létti, Finnb. 312, Eb. 210; eptir þat létti upp storminum, 50:—of illness, eptir þat léttir af sóttinni, Fs. 175; sagði at sótt (dat.) hans mundi þá létta, Sks. 25 new Ed.: with the person in dat., the sickness in gen., honum létti brátt sóttarinnar, Ísl. ii. 175; ef þér léttir þá ekki, Hav. 44; hann spyrr hvárt honum létti nokkut, Gísl. 48.V. reflex. to be lightened, cleared, eased; hinn syðri hlutr léttisk, of the sky, Edda 4; léttisk honum heldr, ok var á fótum þrjá daga, Fms. x. 147; nú léttisk honum við þetta mikit, xi. 48; biskupi léttisk mikit um hjarta-rætrnar, he was much eased, Bs. i. 769: pass. to become light. -
2 stöðva
(að), v.1) to stop (hann stöðvaði her sinn); s. sik, to halt; hann stöðvar sik ekki, he does not check his course; s. blóð, to stop bleeding;2) to soothe, calm down; s. sik, to contain oneself (Grettir gat þá eigi stöðvat sik);3) refl., stöðvast, to stop oneself, calm down (stöðvaðist Dana-herr); to be fixed (stöðvast þá sú ráðagerð).* * *að, with neg. suff. stöðvig-a-k, Hom, 151, [stöð]:—to stop; hann stöðvar sik ekki, Nj. 144; hann stöðvaði her sinn, halted, Eg. 274; s. liðit, Fms. vii. 298.2. to soothe, halt; hlaupa menn ok stöðva Hall, Ld. 38; kvað bændr mundu stöðva sik, they would calm themselves down, Magn. 424; stöðva ræðu yðra, Sks. 250; s. úhreina anda, Hom. 133; s. þorsta sinn, Al. 83; s. blóð, blóðrás, to still the blood, Lækn.; ok varð eigi stöðvat, Nj. 210, Fms. i. 46; stöðva sik, to contain oneself, Grett. 93 new Ed., Hom. (St.)II. reflex. to stop oneself, calm down; stöðvaðisk Dana-herr, Fms. i. 109; kyrrask ok stöðvask, 623. 26; settisk þá niðr ok stöðvaðisk úfriðr allr ok agi, Fms. vi. 286: to be fixed, stöðvask sú ráðagörð, Bs. i. 809.
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