MEINA

intend

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I)

(að), v.

1) to harm, do harm to (m. e-m);

2) to hinder, prevent;

3) to forbid, prohibit (ekki mun ek m. öðrum mönnum at halda þá trú, er þeim sýnist).

II)

(-ta), v. to mean (rare).

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irreg., pret. meinti, but pres. meina, meinar; part. meint; [a for. word from the Engl. or Germ.; it first occurs about or a little before the time of the Reformation; Germ. meinen; Engl. mean]:—to mean; the passage, Landn. 333, is in the words of Björn á Skarðsá; ek meinti, Bárð. 6 new Ed., is from a paper MS., as are also Fas. i. 499 and iii. 488; the word, however, occurs in the Ósv. S. (a vellum of the 15th century), and is naturalised in mod. usage, Vídal., Pass., N. T. passim.