- eta
- I)(et; át, átum; etinn), v.1) to eat (eta kjöt, mat sinn, dagverð);fig., eta orð sín, to eat one’s own words;2) to consume;sorg etr hjarta, sorrow eats away the heart;refl., Gyðingar átust innan, er þeir heyrðu þetta, the Jews fretted inwardly on hearing this.II)f.1) crib, manger;standa öllum fótum í etu, to live at rack and manger;2) pl., etur, cancer (etur í andliti).* * *u, f., mod. jata, a crib, manger, Hom. 36, 127, Mar. 26; in the proverb, standa öllum fótum í etu, to stand with all feet in the crib, to live at rack and manger. Gísl. 46. etu-stallr, m. a crib, manger, Orkn. 218.II. medic. cancer, Magn. 480: mod. áta or átu-mein.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.