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1 SÆFA
(i. e. sœfa), ð, [akin to svefn, svæfa; cp. Lat. sopire], prop. to put to sleep, but distinguished from svæfa, and only used to kill, slaughter beasts; vök sú er menn sæfa hvali í, Jb. 331 B; skal gefa af inn fimta hlut af öllu fé nema maðr sœfi, K. Þ. K.; blóðit flóar svá sem lifandis maðr hefði sœfðr verit, Mar.; hann sæfði girndar-synd, Greg. 38.2. esp. of a sacrifice; ef sæfð vóru þau kvikendi er goðunum var fórnat, Eb. 10; lamb Guðs er sœft til þessa nótturðar, Greg. 29; sæfandi son sinn ysak, Stj. 130; skal hverr s. sitt lamb, 279; lamb sœft ok etið, Post. 645. 83; sá er sæfði fórnina, Stj. 430; sæfa hjarðir, Hsm.: svæfa naut, to kill a beast by driving a sharp instrument into the nape of the neck, severing the spine, as the Spanish Torreadore do (the heathen way of killing the sacrificial beast?).II. reflex. to be killed, expire; sæfisk hón á spjótinu ok deyr, Fb. i. 258; jarlinn sæfðisk á spjótinu, Eg. 289; Hrafn hrærði hvárki hönd né fót er hann sæfðisk, Bs. i. 674 (of a man beheaded); nú veiðir maðr hval ok sæfisk hann á djúpi, N. G. L. i. 59; val-sæfendr, Ýt. -
2 NÆMR
a.2) deprived of (= næmdr e-u).* * *adj. [nema], hunted, outcast; næmir hvervetna, Sól. 9:—keen, sharp, of a pointed instrument (a needle): contagious, of sickness: touching, hjart-næmr, touching the heart; fast-næmr, firm,2. quick at learning, esp. of learning by heart, Bs. i. 127; hann er vel næmr, flug-næmr, or treg-næmr, ó-næmr; næmr á kver, nú er eg kominn hér, Stef. Ól.
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