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1 byrgja
(-ða, -ðr), v.1) to close, shut (byrgja dyrr eða vindaugu); byrgja sinn munn, to shut the mouth; byrgja aptr húsit, to close the house; byrgja en inni, to shut one in (í húsum); fig. to outwit one (byrgja en inni fyrir vitsmuna sakir); byrgja et fyrir em, to exclude one from; byrgja en úti, to shut one out; byrgja et úti, to prevent, preclude (byrgja úti váða);2) byrgja e-t með skömmu máli, to comprise it within a small compass.* * *ð, [borg; cp. A. S. byrgjan, byrian; Engl. to bury]:—to close, shut; b. dyrr eðr vindaugu, Grág. ii. 286; byrgja hús, Grett. 91 new Ed.; Hallfreðr byrgði húsit, Fms. ii. 83; b. sinn munn, to shut one’s mouth, Bs. i. 786; í byrgðum kviði sinnar móður, 655 xxvii. 10: metaph., byrgð syndum, overwhelmed with sins, Greg. 41.2. adding prepp. aptr, inn, to shut; Grettir byrgði aptr húsit, Grett. l. c. MS. A; b. aptr garð, to shut a fence, Grág. ii. 283; b. aptr hlið á garði, id., Jb. 242; b. inann inni í húsum, to shut a man up in a house, Grág. ii. 110, Sks. 140; hvárki byrgðr né bundinn, 656 C. 32.3. metaph. to hide, veil, of the face of God, the sun, or the like; sólin því ljóma sinn fékk byrgt, Pass. 44. 1; himna-ljósið var honum byrgt, 3. 2; byrg þig eigi fyrir minni grátbeiðni, Ps. lv. 2.4. the phrase, b. e-n inni, to shut one in, outwit; alla menn byrgir þú inni fyrir vitsmuna sakir, Fms. x. 247, xi. 31; b. e-n úti, to leave one outside in the cold, and metaph. to prevent, preclude; b. úti váða, to prevent mishap, x. 418, Sks. 44, Mar. 656 A. 18; byrg úti hræðsluna, Al. 25.5. reflex., Fas. ii. 281.II. [borga], reflex. byrgjask, to be answerable for, vide ábyrgjask.
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