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1 sporna
(að), v. to spurn, tread on (s. völl, moldveg); s. við e-u, to withstand, resist (eigi má við sköpunum s.); without the dat., hann vildi taka af mér hringinn, en ek spornaði við, struggled against that.* * *að, [A. S. spurnan], to spurn, kick, tread on; sporna vóll, Vsp. 28; s. moldveg, Og. 9; sem Absalon spornaði enn á eikinni, Stj. 534. 2 Sam. xvi. 14; en er hann spornar gálgann, Eb. 96, Trist. 3; hann vildi taka af mér hringinn en ek spornaði við, struggled against (= sperrast við), Fas. iii. 395: metaph. to withstand, eigi má við sköpum s., Fs. 26; kvað eigi mundu tjá við at s., 22. -
2 KIPPA
I)(-ta, -t), v. to pull, snatch, draw quickly (Egill kipti at sér sverð-inu); hann kippir mönnum at sér, he gets men together; kippa ofan seglinu, to pull the sail down; impers., e-m kippir í kyn (um e-t), one resembles his kinsmen (in something);refl., kippast um e-t, to struggle with one another about a thing; kippa við, to make a sudden motion (kippist hann svá hart við, at jörð öll skelfr).f. bundle, string (of).* * *t and ð, [Scot. to kip, see Jamies.]:—with dat. to pull or snatch; hann kipði honum upp at pallinum, Ó. H. 95; þá tók konungr í hár sveininum ok kipði, 63; k. bryggjum af landi. to pull in the gangways before weighing anchor, Fms. x. 286; kippa af (kippa út) þeirri bryggjunni, er þar var í meðal skipanna, i. 158; kippa ofan seglinu, to pull the sail down, Bs. i. 422; k. skóm á fætr sér, to slip on shoes, Nj. 28; Egill kipti at sér sverðinu, E. drew the sword in, Eg. 379; hann kippir mönnum at sér, he gets men together, Ld. 64; Guð kipti honum frá riki …, Sks. 714; k. aptr orðum sínum, to retract one’s words, 680; má því engu upp kippa, it cannot be retracted, 655 xx. 6.II. impers., in the phrase, e-m kippir í kyn um e-t, ‘to turn into one’s kin’ (= bregða í kyn), to be ‘a chip of the old block,’ resemble one’s kinsman; er þat eigi örvænt at honum kippi í kyn, Glúm. 346; at honum mundi í kyn kippa um údælleik, Sturl. i. 15; vera má at oss Íslendingum kippi í kyn, þó at vér gangim heldr fyrir blíðu en stríðu, Fms. ii, 34.III. reflex., kippask, to pull, tug; kippask um e-t, to ‘pull caps,’ struggle with one another about a thing; kippask þeir um lengi, Sturl. i. 15; þau öll kiptusk þá enn um Noreg, Fms. x. 390; nú er eigi allhóglegt at kippask um við hann, vi. 274; þar til kippask þau um kertið at þat stökk sundr í miðju, Mar.2. kippask við, to make a sudden motion, quiver convulsively; en meðan drýpr eitrið í andlit honum, þá kippisk hann svá hart við at jörð öll skelfr, Edda 40; þá at eins sá menn at Gísli kiptisk við ok þó litt, Fms. vii. 35.3. recipr., Eindriði segir, at þeir hefði sannlega kippsk ( struggled) nokkut svá, er hann vildi eigi at þeir hefði ferju-skipit, Bs. i. 709.
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