SKELLA

bang

* * *

I)

(-da, -dr), v.

1) to make to slam, clash, with dat.;

skella aptr hurðu, to slam the door;

skella lófum saman, to clap the hands;

skella hrömmum yfir, to clutch;

skella e-u niðr, to throw down with a clash;

2) to strike, smite;

þær skelldu skip mitt, they shattered my ship;

skella af honum höndina, to cut off his hand;

skella fót undan, to smite off the foot;

3) skella á e-n, to scold one;

4) skella upp ok hlæja, to burst out laughing (Grímr skelldi upp ok hló).

II)

f. rattle (for scaring horses).

* * *

d, causal of skjalla (q. v.), to make to slam, clash; skelldu skip mitt er ek skorðat hafðak, knocked my ship, Hbl., Sturl. i. 177; hann skelldi þeim saman, beat them together, Landn. 84; s. sverði í skeiðin, Eg. 304; s. aptr hurðu, to slam the door, Fb. i. 258, Fms. viii. 341: to smack, s. á lærin, to smack the thigh with the palm; skella lófum, to clap with the hands, Merl.; s. hrömmum yfir, to clutch, Ld. 52; spor svá stór sem keralds botni væri niðr skellt, footprints as great as if the bottom of a cask had been thrown down, Grett. 111.

2. with prepp., skella af, to strike clean off; hann skellir af honum höndina, Al. 40; s. fót undan, Am. 48; skálmin hljóp inn í bergit svá at skellisk við heptið, Fas. i. 56: skella upp, or s. upp yfir sik (skelli-hlátr), to burst out into roaring laughter, Dropl. 31, Sturl. ii. 136, Fms. iii. 113; hón skelldi upp yfir sik ok hló, Grett. 148: skella á e-n (Dan. skælde paa een), to scold one; var þá skellt á Þorstein, at honum hefði ílla tekizk, Orkn. 264; þeir er opt á mik skella, Bs. i. 667 (in a verse): rass-skella, to flog behind, punish children.