merking

meaning

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(pl. -ar), f.

1) marking;

2) mark, sign;

3) signification.

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f. marking, the act, Grág. ii. 311.

2. a mark, sign, Skálda 179, Rb. 4; þér berit m. þess dómanda er koma mun at efsta dómi, you bear the mark, i. e. you represent on earth the judge in the day of judgment, Fms. vii. 37; merkingar afl, signification, Skálda 187; merkingar skilning, Stj. 29; með merkingum eða skýringum, id.

3. sense, signification, psssim in mod. usage.