STYÐJA

STYÐJA
(styð, studda, studdr), v.
1) to rest (one thing on another), esp. so as to support oneself thereby; s. hendi, fœti, to rest one’s hand or foot on something (annarri hendi styðr hann á herðar Jökli);
2) to stick, pierce (þeir Gullveig geirum studdu);
3) s. e-n, to hold one up, support one; skriðnaði hann öðrum fæti ok studdi sik með hendinni, he supported himself with his hand;
4) fig. to support, aid (hann studdi ráðvanda menn í heilræðum);
5) refl, styðjast, to lean upon (Á. studdist á øxi sína); s. við konungs borð, to lean the hands upon the king’s table.
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styð, pret. studdi; subj. styddi; imperat. styð, styddú; part. stutt; [stoð; A. S. studu; Dan. stötte]:—to steady, prop; s. hendi, fæti, to lean upon the hand or foot; þat er fall ef hann styðr niðr kné eðr hendi, Grág. ii. 8; sá studdi höndunum á bálkinn, Orkn. 112; annarri hendi styðr hann á herðar Jökli, Finnb.; styðja sik við, to lean upon; falla munda ek nú, ef eigi stydda ek mik við báða fætr, Fas. i. 22; Hrafn hnekði at stofni einum ok studdi þar á stúfinum, Ísl. ii. 268; hann studdi sik með hendinni … þeir segja at þat var alls ekki at fótr styddisk við hönd, Edda 77: styðja e-n, to hold one up, support one; at eigi tæki menn til hans ok styddi hann er hann gékk út á skipit, Ó. H. 125.
2. metaph. to prop, back; allt skal ek styðja þar um, Nj. 41; hann skal styðja allar fylkingar, Fms. xi. 127; hamingja er yðr styðr, i. 104: as a law term, to back, second, fimm menn skolu s. vætti hans, Grág. i. 42, ii. 321; styðja svá orðin með sönnu efni, Edda (Ht.); s. eyrendi, ræðu e-s, Fms. vi. 44, passim.
II. reflex. to lean oneself upon; at þú styðisk við konungs borð, to lean the hands on the king’s table, Sks. 292; þeir stóðu ok studdusk við spjót sín, Fms. i. 280; þá styðsk þú á kné fyrir hánum, to lean upon one’s knee, Sks. 363: metaph., styðjask við þeirra ráða-görð, Fms. viii. 28.
2. part. studdr, supported, backed; studdr ríki ok virðingu af keisara, Mar.
B. To hit with a pointed thing (Dan. stöde); Bragi styðr á hann reyr-sprotunum, touches him with the wand, Sturl. i. 2; er Gullveig geirum studdu, when they goaded G. with spears, Vsp.

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