deild

division

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f.

1) dole, share;

fara at deildum, to be parcelled out;

fá illt ór deildum, to get a bad share, be worsted;

í nökkuri deild, partly;

í aðra deild, í þriðju deild, secondly, thirdly;

2) quarrel, contest, litigation;

leggja mál í deild, to make a matter the subject of a lawsuit.

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(deilþ, deilð), f.

1. a deal, dole, share. Edda 147: fara at deildum, to be parcelled out. Orkn. 88, Ísl. ii. 337 (a portion of meat); göra d., to give a dole, N. G. L. i. 142; the phrase. fá illt ór deildum, to get a bad share, be worsted, Sighvat (in a verse).

2. dealings; harðar deildir, hard dealings, Fbr. (in a verse); sannar deildir, just dealings, Lex. Poët.; ill-deildir, ill dealings; grip-deildir, dealings of a robber, robbery; skap-deild, temper.

3. seldom used of fighting with weapons (N. G. L. i. 64), but freq. of a lawsuit (þing-deild), Nj. 138, 141, 86, 36, Eg. 738, Fms. vi. 361, viii. 268, Gþl. 475: the parliamentary phrase, leggja mál í deild, to ‘lay a case under division’ in court (cp. leggja mál í gørð), a phrase which recalls to mind the English parliamentary phrases ‘division’ and ‘divide.’ Sturl. i. 59; leggja mál til deildar, id., Laxd. 204 (MS., Ed. deilu).

β. cp. also local names, Deildar-tunga, -hvammr, -hjalli, Landn., Sturl.

γ. in Icel. a boundary river is often called Deild or Deildar-á, Deildar-lækr, etc.; or of other boundary places, Deildar-hvammr, etc.

δ. metaph., í aðra d., þriðju d., etc., secondly, thirdly, etc., Stj. 9, 21.

COMPDS: deildararfr, deildarlið, deildarmaðr.