skygna

(-da), v. to pry, spy; s. um e-t, at e-u, to spy after, look for;

refl., skygnast um, to look about (skygndist hann nú um fast).

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ð, to spy, pry; skygna um e-t, to spy after, Sks. 501 B; þar skygnir hverr um annars athæti, 278; s. um siðu sjálfs sín, 9; gakk þú út ok skygn um kaup þín, id., Hom. 46: skygna egg, to hold an egg(fresh from the nest) up to the eye, to see if it is new.

II. reflex., skygnask um, to look out, Hm. 1; skygndisk hann um fast, ok hyggr at, Fms. ii. 180; kom ormrinn fram ok skygndisk um, vi. 352; hann skygndisk víða um, Fas. ii. 91, Fs. 42.