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1 SIGNA
I)(að), v. to sink or slide down (honum þótti byrðrin þung signaði hón niðr á bakit).(að, or -da, -dr), v.1) in a heathen sense, to mark with the sign of Thor’s hammer, to dedicate, to a god (s. full Óðni, Þór);2) to sign with the cross, make the sign of the cross over (gengu þeir undir borð ok signdu mat sinn); s. sik, to cross oneself (on the forehead and breast);3) to bless; signaðr Ólafr, the blessed O.* * *in pres. signi; pret, signdi, but also signaði; part. signt and signat. This word occurs in one of the oldest heathen poems, and is applied to a northern heathen rite; it is common to all Teut. languages except Gothic; yet as no ‘laut-verschiebung’ has taken place, it may be borrowed from the Latin, and perhaps came in with the earliest missions, cp. the remarks s. v. prim-signing: or sigr and signa may possibly be kindred words? [Hel. seginon; Germ. segnen; Lat. signare]:—to sign, consecrate; signa e-m e-t:I. in a heathen sense, see the remarks on hamarr; signa full, to sign the goblet with the sign of the hammer before drinking, Sdm. 8; enn er hit fyrsta full var skenkt, þá mælti Sigurðr jarl fyrir, ok signaði Óðni … Sigurðr jarl mælti, konungr görir svá sem þeir göra allir, er trúa á mátt sinn ok megin, ok signa full sitt Þór, hann görði hamars-mark yfir áðr hann drakk, Hkr. i. 143; en sá er görði veizluna ok höfðingi var, þá skyldi hann signa fullit ok allan blótmatinn, 139; signdi Bárðr fullit, Eg. 210 (öl þat er Bárróðr signdi, in a verse, l. c.); þar vóru minni öll signuð Á;sum at fornum sið, Ó. H. 102; þá blætr hann heiðnar vættir, ef hann signir fé sitt öðrum en Guði, K. Þ. K.; þeir eru gumnar goðum signaðir, Hdl. 27; skylda ek Vikar goðum of signa. Fas. iii. (in a verse); nú eru hér tólf hreinbjálfar er ek vil þér gefit hafa hefi ek þá svá signaða ok magnaða ( charmed and bewitched) at engan þeirra mun járn bíta, Fb. iii. 245.II. to sign with the cross; sem páfinn leit þá, signaði hann þá, Karl. 303; páfinn signdi matinn, 20; gengu þeir undir borð ok signdu mat sinn, Eb. 268; áðr matrinn var signdr, Fms. vii. 159; er hann signdi Dróttinn várn með sinni hendi, 625. 63 (of the sign of the cross in baptism):—signa sik, to sign oneself with a cross on the forehead and breast; þau signdu sik ok sveininn, Nj. 201, Barl. 207; sign þik eigi, Th. 3; þá er hann hefir signt sik, 655 xi. 4; ekki frá ek hann signdi sik, Skiða R. 44; hón signdi sik ok mælti, þetta er úfæra, Grett. 150 new Ed.; Þorsteinn vakti hana, biðr hana signa sik, ok biðja Guð hjálpar, Þorf. Karl. 396.2. [Germ. segnen; Dan., Swed., and Norse signe, signa], to bless; henni mun ek bleza ok hana signa, Stj. 115; er Guð signdi ok þangat sendi, Karl. 289; Guð signi yðr! Art.; signi Guð ykkr báða, Skíða R. 118; vel ert þú signuð af sjálfum Guði, Stj. 424; komi þér, vel signaðir (Dan. vel-signet), til míns Föður ríkis, Hom. 156; hins signaða Magnúss, the blessed Magnus. Magn. 512; hans signuðu móður, Th. 25, Rb. 422; signaðr Ólafr, Fms. v. 222; hans signaði líkamr, Th. 28: van-signdr, cursed, Mar.: the word in this sense has been superseded by bleza, q. v. -
2 signa
I)(að), v. to sink or slide down (honum þótti byrðrin þung signaði hón niðr á bakit).(að, or -da, -dr), v.1) in a heathen sense, to mark with the sign of Thor’s hammer, to dedicate, to a god (s. full Óðni, Þór);2) to sign with the cross, make the sign of the cross over (gengu þeir undir borð ok signdu mat sinn); s. sik, to cross oneself (on the forehead and breast);3) to bless; signaðr Ólafr, the blessed O.* * *að, [siga, síga], to glide down; hann hafði band fjrir augum, ok hafði signat nokkut frá augunum, Bret. 90.
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