verka

cure

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(að), v. to work; v. sér til e-s, to deserve by one’s deeds.

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að, to work, esp. as a law term; verka til e-s, to work towards, deserve, Hom. 89, 117; þess manns er áðr hefir til úhelgi sér verkat, to make oneself by one’s deeds, Grág. ii. 10, Orkn. 216; til þessa hefir þú þér verkat, Bs. i. 452.

2. verka fisk, to dress fish, i. e. split it up, dry and prepare it, a fisherman’s term, and hence to cleanse a thing. II. reflex., verkask til e-s, H. E. i. 238.