benda

I)

(-nda, -ndr), v. to beckon, make a size with the head or hand (benda e-m til sín, at fylgja sér);

with acc., benda e-t fyrir, to forebode, betoken.

II)

(-nda, -ndr), v. to bend (benda sverð um kné sér);

benda boga, to bend a bow;

benda höfuðit, to bow the head;

refl., bendast á um e-t, to dispute, contest about.

III)

f. band, tie (cf. höfuðbenda).

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1.

u, f. a bundle, Gþl. 492: now metaph. entanglement.

2. a bond, tie, v. höfuðbenda: naut. term, a stay.

2.

d, laler t, [Goth. bandvian], to beckon, give a sign with the hands or eyes: with dat., hann bendi þeim at fylgja sér, Hom. 113, K. Þ. K. 37, Orkn. 426: metaph. to forebode, betoken, Hom. 137, Skálda 170, Stj. 101: with acc. of the thing, Akv. 8.

3.

d, mod. t, [band], Lat. curvare, to bend; b. sverð um kné sér, Fms. x. 213; benda boga, to bend a bow, Grág. ii. 21, Fas. ii. 88, 330; b. upp, Nj. 107; benda hlífar, Rm. 39; prob. = Lat. flectere, nectere, to join, as in mod. usage, b. tunnu, to hoop a tub: recipr., bendast á um e-t, to strive, contest about, Fms. viii. 391, v. l.: metaph. to give away, Al. 44.