lyfja

(að), v. to heal;

lyfja e-m e-t, to cure one of;

lyfja e-m elli, to kill one.

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að, to heal; in the phrase, lyfja e-m elli, to cure one of old age = to kill him downright, Am. 74, Fas. iii. 155, 156; lyfja þeim sitt of beldi, to cure them of their overbearance, Al. 10; skal ek lyfja þér þína íllsku, Flóv. 43.