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leika leik, lék, lékum, leikinn v

1. to play (við skulum nú l fyrst); l leik, to play a play; l tveim skjöldum, to play a double game; l at e-u, to play (amuse oneself) with (Katla sat ok lék at hafri sínum); l at tafli, to play at chess; l sér, to play (hann lék sér þá enn á gólfi með öðrum börnum);
2. to perform, of a feat or act of prowess (en ek hygg, at engi annarr fái þat leikit);
3. to move, swing, wave to and fro, hang loosely (l á lopti); landit skalf sem á þræði léki, as if balanced on a string;
4. of flame, fire, water, waves, to play lightly about or over, lick (eldr tók at l húsin); eldrinn lék skjótt, the fire spread fast; leikr hár hiti við himin sjálfan, the lofty blaze plays against the very heavens; fig, e-m leikr e-t í skapi (í mun), one feels inclined to, has a mind to (þat leikr mér í skapi at kaupa �slandsfar);
5. to deal (hardly) with, to (ill-)treat (l e-n illa, hart, sárt, sárliga);
6. to play a trick upon, delude, = l á e-n (djöfullinn leikr þá alla);
7. to bewitch, esp in pp (maðr sá var leikinn af flagði einu);
8. with preps, l á e-n, to play a trick upon (mjök hefir þú á oss leikit); fig, lék þat orð á, at, it was rumoured, that; e-m leikr öfund á, to envy; e-m leikr hugr á, to have a mind to; þar leikr minn hugr á, my mind is bent upon that; hón segir föður sínum um hvat at l er, she told her father how things stood; l e-n út, esp in ppl, to ill-treat (konungr sér nú �ka, hversu hann er út leikinn); l við e-n, to play with one; l við, to continue (meinit hafð lengi við leikit);
9. refl, leikast, to be performed, done; ef þat má l, if this can be done; leikst á e-n, it goes against one, he gets the worst of it (mjök hefir leikizt á minn hluta); l við, to play one against the other, play a match; höfðu þeir leikizt við barna leikum, meðan þeir vóru ungir, they had been playmates

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