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1 SVARA
* * *(að), v.1) to reply, answer, absol. or with double dat., s. e-m e-u (því mun ek s. þér um þetta, er satt er);3) s. fyrir e-n or e-t, to answer (be answerable, responsible) for (ek skal þar fyrir s.); s. skilum fyrir, to render account for.* * *að, [A. S. and-swarian; Engl. an-swer], to reply, answer, absol. or with double dat. (s. e-m e-u), ef maðr svarar eigi, Grág. i. 21; svara engu orði, Fb. ii. 63; Hrútr svaraði þá—‘ærit fögr er mær sjá,’ Nj. 2; því (dat.) mun ek svara þér um þetta er satt er, 49; hón svarar svá, at hón vill …, Fms. i. 2; svara e-u fyrir sik, to make answer in defence, 656 C. 29.II. as a law phrase, to answer, respond; svara til laga þeim jörðum sem keypt hefir, Dipl. iv. 9; s. lögriptingum á jörðu, ii. 20; svara máli fyrir e-n, to answer for, Nj. 106; s. sökum fyrir e-t, to pay the penally for, Sks. 796; s. e-m lögum, to answer according to the law, D. N.; s. þessum lögbrotum, to answer for them, Sks. 546; at þér svarit slíku fyrir sem þér hafit til gört, that you shall answer for what you have done, Boll. 350; s. skilum fyrir, to give an account for, Fms. vii. 127; eiga at s. málum, Stat. 309; um presta, hverju þeir skulu s., what duties they have to discharge, N. G. L. i. 345; svara til allra stétta, to pay taxes to all estates (king and clergy).2. svara e-u, to be equal, amount to; svá mikil kol sem svaraði fimm hrossa göngu, Dipl. v. 14; er svari innkaupum, N. G. L. iii. 16; sam-s. -
2 SKATTR
(-s, -ar), m.1) tribute, tax (leggja skatt á land; greiða, gjalda, e-m skatt);2) treasure.* * *m. [Ulf. renders ἀργύριον, δηνάριον, and μνα, all by skatts; A. S. sceat = a coin; O. H. G. scaz, whence mod. Germ. schatz; scatt is an old Danish tax still paid in Shetl.; Dan. skat]:—tribute, Fms. i. 157, Hkr. i. 58, Nj. 8; svarinn Hákoni ok Magnúsi Noregs konungum land ok þegnar ok æfinligr skattr á Íslandi, Ann. 1262, cp. 1263, 1264: allit., leigt Ísland með sköttum ok skyldum um þrjá vetr, 1361; allan Noreg með sköttum ok skyldum, Fms. i. 3; Róma-skattr, Peter’s pence: the phrase, skatt vel ek honum harðan, pay him hard tribute, Orkn. 20 (ironically, in a verse on piling stones over a slain king): in Icel. the tax paid to the king was levied on the franklins (skattbændr), as described in Jb. 52, 53.2. in mod. usage any taxes and dues are called skattr.II. a share or portion of food, a breakfast is in Icel. called skattr, prob. corrupted from skamtr, skamta; skyr og rjóma í litla skattinn.
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