aftak

Merkingar

n.

1. 1.

   gener. taking away, B. K. 108.

2. 2.

   ‘taking off’ (Shaksp.), slaying, executing; hvat hann vill bjóða fyrir a. Geirsteins, compensation for the slaughter of G., Fms. vii. 360; en a. hans (slaying) segja eigi allir einum hætti, x. 390; með aftaki Ólafs, by slaying him, 195; um manna aftök, executions, Gþl. 137: cp. aftaka, and taka af, to execute, behead.

3. 3.

   in pl. commonly used of,

   1. α.

      flat denial, in such phrases as, hafa aftök um e-t, to deny flatly. In some compds this signification can be traced, as in aftaka-minni, Fms. i. 139.

   2. β.

      it is also now used in many compds of whatever is excessive, above all measure, e. g. aftaka-veðr, a hurricane.