döggva

döggva
(-að or -ða), v.
1) to bedew (döggvir hann jörðina af méldropum sínum);
2) to irrigate, water.
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að or ð, to bedew; pres. döggvar, Stj. 73, 397; hon döggvaði, fætr Drottins, 655 xxxi. 2; á morni hverjum döggvir hann jörðina af méldropum sínum, Edda 7; döggðu andlit sin í tárum, 623. 58; d. hjörtu manna, Skálda 210, Hom. 45.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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