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1 KAPP
n. contest, zeal, eagerness, ardour; deila kappi við e-n, brjóta kapp (halda til kapps) við e-n, to contend, contest, with one; með kappi, with ardour; meirr af kappi en forsjá, with more obstinacy than prudence; berjast af miklu kappi, with great ardour; renna í köpp við e-n, to run a race with.* * *n. [a word common to all Teut. languages; A. S. camp; O. H. G. champh; Germ. kampf; Swed. and Dan. kamp; in the Icel. the m is assimilated; and in Danish also kap]:—contest, zeal, eagerness, energy, but throughout with the notion of contest, which is the old sense; even in early Germ. kamph is still duellum, whence it came to mean bellum: deila kappi við e-n, to contend, contest with one; megu vér eigi deila kappi við Hrafnkel, Hrafn. 10; þungt get ek at deila kappi við Hrafnkel um múla-ferli, 11; er hann deildi kappi við Þorgrím goða á Þórness-þingi ok við sonu hans, Ísl. ii. 215; deila kappi við konunga, Fagrsk. 10; mikit er upp tekit, ef þú vill kappi deila við Ólaf Svía-konung ok við Knút, Ó. H. 33; ok ætla þér aldri síðan at deila kappi við oss bræðr, Fs. 57, cp. deila I. 4: brjóta kapp við e-n, to wage war against; hæfir þat ekki konungdómi yðrum at brjóta kapp við kvennmenn, Fagrsk. 10, Fms. vii. 45 (in a verse): at halda til kapps ok jafns við þá höfðingjana, Fb. ii. 46; sögðu honum þat betr sama, at halda eigi til kapps við þá Hofs-menn, Fs. 35: kosta kapps um e-t, to strive.2. a race; in the phrase, bað hann renna í köpp við ( run a race with) Þjálfa, Edda 31; at vit at köppum kenndar vórum, we were noted for our matches, Gs. 14; ekki dýr er þat, at renna mætti í köpp við hann, Karl. 514, cp. Dan. löbe omkaps med en = to run a race.II. eagerness, vehemence; er konungi mikit kapp á því, Eg. 16; eigi veit ek hvar kapp þitt er nú komit, Ld. 166; hann lætr engi mann þora at mæla við sik nema þat eitt er hann vill vera láta, ok hefir hann þar við allt kapp, Ó. H. 68; mæltu þá sumir at honum hlypi kapp í kinn, Sturl. iii. 232; at þat væri konungi vegsemd en eigi fyrir kapps sakir við hann, Eg. 44; honum görðisk svá mikit kapp á þessi veiði, at hann skreið þar eptir allan dag, Ó. H. 85; kapps lystr, eager, Hornklofi; lögðu þeir á þat it mesta kapp hverr betr reið eðr betri hesta átti, Hkr. i. 27; Önundr konungr lagði á þat kapp mikit ok kostnað, at ryðja markir ok byggja eptir ruðin, 44; með kappi ok ágirnd, D. N. i. 3; berjask af miklu kappi, Þiðr. 326; gangask þær tvennar fylkingar at móti með miklu kappi, 328; verja með kappi, Eg. 720; þessi ætlan er meir af kappi en forsjá, Ó. H. 32; var sú veizla gör með enu mesta kappi, 31; hón gékk at með öllu kappi at veita Ólafi konungi, 51; meir sækir þú þetta með fjár-ágirnd ok kappi ( obstinacy) heldr en við góðvild ok drengskap, Nj. 15.III. gen. kapps, intens. kapps-vel, mighty well, Bjarn. (in a verse), Fms. vii. 45 (in a verse); kapps-auðigr, mighty wealthy, Merl. 1. 9; kapps-hár, mighty high (cp. Dan. kjephöj), Lex. Poët.; kona kapps gálig, a very gentle woman, Akv. 6; or even singly.COMPDS: kappsfullr, kappsmaðr. -
2 allákaftiga
adv. with much ardour.
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