stefja

stefja
(að), v.
1) to prevent (s. manntjón);
2) s. á e-n, to address one.
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að, to prevent; stefja manntjón, Fms. x. 418.
II. to address with a stave or stanza; þá stefjaði trollkona á hann ok spurði hverr þar fór (then follows the ditty), Edda 95.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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