skíra
sagnorð
Merkingar
ð; a distinction is made between skíra (with í) = to purify, and skýra (with y) metaph. = to explain; but that both words are identical is shewn from the Goth.: [Ulf. skeirjan = ἑρμηνεύειν, skeireins = ἑρμηνεία, skeirs = clear]:—to cleanse, purify; s. silfr, Hkr. i. 185; þat skírir ok birtir augu, … þat bætir myrk augu ok skírir, Pr. 472, 473; skíra sik, to cleanse oneself.
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of an oath or ordeal, to clear, purge; skíra sik með tylptar-eiði, Gþl. 151; ok skíri hón sik, ok handsala faðerni ef hón verðr skír, Lv. 77; er þó ván at þú skírir þik í hreinsunar-eldi, Fms. vii. 38.
- II.
eccl. [as translation of A. S. fullian = to cleanse], to baptize, christen; skíra barn, K. Þ. K., N. G. L., Fms., Nj., Bs., in countless instances, old and mod.
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reflex. skírask, to be baptized; láta skírask, Jb. 10, Fms. i. 23, 129.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- reflexive.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)