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("Agamemnon", "Hom. Od. 9.1", "denarius")

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aka ek, ók, ókum, ekinn v

1. to drive (a vehicle or animal drawing a vehicle), with dat : gott er heilum vagni heim at a, it is good to get home safe and sound; a þrennum eykjum, with three yoke of horses;
2. to carry or convey in a vehicle, to cart, with dat or acc (hann ók heyjum sínum á yxnum; hann ók skarni á hóla) ; a saman hey, to cart hay; líkin váru ekin í sleða, carried in a sledge;
3. with the prep í or á; Freyr ók í kerru með gelti; ríþr þ hesti þeim, er hann hafði ekit á;
4. absol, to drive in a vehicle (fóru þeir í sleðann ok óku alla nóttina) ; with acc of the road (óku úrgar brautir) ;
5. naut, to trim the sail (a seglum at endilöngum skipum);
6. to remove, with dat; ók hann af sér fjötrinum, worked it off by rubbing; ók Oddr sér þar at, worked himself thither (of a fettered prisoner) ; a e-m á bug or a bug ;á e-n, to make one give way, repel; intrans =akast, to move slowly; hvárrgi ók (gave way) fyrir oðrum; a undan, to retire, retreat;
7. impers, hart ekr at e-m, one is in great straits; ekr nú mjók at, I am hard pressed; e-m verðr nær ekit, one gets into straits, is hard pressed; refl, e-m ekst e-t í tauma, one is thwarted in a thing

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