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segja segi, sagða, sagðr v

1. to say, tell (seg þú mér þat, er ek spyr þik); þeir sögðu, at þeir skyldu aldri upp gefast, they said they would never yield; s e-m leið, to tell the way, esp on the sea, to pilot; s tíðendi, to tell news; impers it is told (hér segir frá Birni bunu); sem áðr sagði, as was told before; segjanda er allt vin sínum, all can be told to a friend;
2. to say, declare, in an oath; ek segi þat guði (�si), I declare to God (to the '�ss');
3. law phrases; s sik í þing, lög, to declare oneself member of a community; s sik ór þingi, lögum, to declare oneself out of, withdraw from, a community; s skilit við konu, to declare oneself separated from, divorce, one's wife; s fram sök, to declare one's case; s lög, to recite the law, of the 'lögsögumaðr';
4. to signify, mean (þetta segir svá);
5. with preps, s e-n af e-u, to declare one off a thing, take it from him; s e-t á e-n, to impose on (b�ta at þeim hluta, sem lög segði á hann); to announce (s á reiði, úsátt sína); s eptir e-m, to tell tales of one; s frá e-u, to tell, relate; Unnr, er ek sagða þér frá, U of whom I told thee; s fyrir e-u, to prescribe (svá var með öllu farit, sem hann hafði fyrir sagt); s fyrir skipi, to bid God-speed to a ship; s e-t fyrir, to predict, foretell (s fyrir úorðna hluti); s e-u sundr, í sundr, to break up, dissolve (s sundr friði, frændsemi, hjúskap); s til e-s, to tell, inform of (segit honum ekki til, hvat þér hafit gört við hrossit); s. til nafns síns, s. til sín, to tell (give) one's name; s. upp e-t, to pronounce (s. upp dóm, gørð); s. upp lög, to proclaim the law (from the law-hill); s. e-n upp, to give one up; s. upp e-u, to declare at an end (s. upp friði, griðum); s. upp þjónustu við e-n, to leave one's service;
6. refl., segjast, to dec/are of oneself; hann sagðist þá vaka, he said that he was awake; kristnir menn ok heiðnir sögðust hvárir ór lögum annarra, they declared themselves each out of the other's laws; láta (sér) segjast, to let oneself be spoken to, listen to reason; impers., e-m segist svá, one's tale runs so

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