- fœra
- (-ða, -ðr), v.1) to bring, convey (fœra fé til skips);2) to bring, present (fœra e-m e-t);fœra e-m höfuð sitt, to surrender to one;fœra e-m kvæði, to deliver a poem;3) to remove (fœra kirkju, fœra bú sitt);4) with preps.:fœra e-t at e-m, to inflict on one;fœra skömm at e-m, to sneer at one;refl., fœrast at, to bestir oneself;mega ekki at fœrast, to be unable to do anything;fœra á e-n, to mock one;refl., fœrast á fœtr, to grow up;fœra e-n fram, to maintain, feed;fœra e-t í hljóðmæli, to hush up;fœra e-n í kaf, to plunge one under water;fœra sik í ætt, to vindicate one’s kinship (by a gallant deed);fœra e-n niðr = fœra e-n í kaf;fœra korn (sáð) niðr, to put down corn (seed), to sow;fœra e-t sundr, to split asunder;fœra e-n til kristni, to convert to Christianily;fœra til rétts máls, to turn into prose;refl., fœrast undan e-u, to quit (release) oneself of;fœra upp, to put up (fœra upp vef);to lift up (fœra upp øxina);to take out (fœra upp mat ór katli);fœra út búðarveggi, to enlarge the walls of a booth.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.