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to shave so as to make smooth

  • 1 SKAFA

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    I)
    (skef; skóf, skófum; skafinn), v.
    1) to scrape with a blunt instrument; s. e-t af, to scrape off; impers., þat hefir eik, er af annarri sjefr, one tree takes what is scraped from another;
    2) to shave so as to make smooth (hann skefr spjót-skepti á hallargólfinu);
    3) s. nagl sinn, to pare one’s nail; fig., s. at fastliga, to press hard;
    4) to shave (þeir höfðu látit s. krúnur).
    f. scraper (cf. hornskafa).
    * * *
    skef, skóf, skófu, skœfi, skafinn; [Ulf. skaban = κείρειν, 1 Cor. xi. 6; A. S. scafan; Engl. shave; Germ. skaben; Dan. skabe and skrabe with inserted r, cp. Engl. scrape; Swed. skafva]:— to scrape with a blunt instrument (for raka, q. v., is to shave); ef maðr höggr skýli-högg á viði eðr skefr svá at spell sé at, Grág. ii. 296 (of barking trees); mánadag, þá lofar biskup at skafa fyrir naut sín, N. G. L. i. 141 (see skaf): the saying, þat hefir eik er af annarri skefr, Hbl.; þykki mér þat ráð at hér hafi eik þat er af annarri skefr, Grett. 53 new Ed.; þá skefr hann ofan af skæðum sín, he scraped the hair off the skin, Skíða R.; telgdi hann af rúnarnar ok skóf þat í eld niðr, Eg. 567, Bs. ii. 153.
    2. to shave, plane; hann skefr ( planes) spjót-skepti, Fas. i. 284; hann telgir, skefr ok skapar, Rétt. 2. 10; var þá kistan spánósa svá sem ný-skafin væri, Ó. H. 229:—skafa af, to scratch off; áðr Hróarr skóf af, Landn. 247; nöfn ykkur eru skafin af lífs-bók, 623. 22, H. E. i. 465; allar (the Runes) vóru af skafnar þær er vóru á ristnar, Sdm. 18: so in the phrase, hann skefr ekki af manni, to be a blunt man, cp. Dan. uhövlet; þú ert höfðingi mikill, ok skefr lítt af manni, Nj. 223; skafa at fastliga, to shave to the quick, to press close, Fms. xi. 94, 443; eyrsilfr drukkit gefr bana, þvíat í hvern lim er þat renn, þá skefr þat innan, Pr. 474: of hair, to shave; skafa sveinar klif knúnu, to shave the head, Skálda (in a verse).

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  • 2 skafa

    * * *
    I)
    (skef; skóf, skófum; skafinn), v.
    1) to scrape with a blunt instrument; s. e-t af, to scrape off; impers., þat hefir eik, er af annarri sjefr, one tree takes what is scraped from another;
    2) to shave so as to make smooth (hann skefr spjót-skepti á hallargólfinu);
    3) s. nagl sinn, to pare one’s nail; fig., s. at fastliga, to press hard;
    4) to shave (þeir höfðu látit s. krúnur).
    f. scraper (cf. hornskafa).
    * * *
    u, f. a scraper; horn-skafa, a scraper of horn = brák, q. v. sköfu-leikr, m. a kind of game, Ísl. ii. 70, 71.

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