skapa að, pret. skóp v
1.
to shape, form, mould, make (ór Ymis holdi var jörð sköpuð); to create (guð, er mik skóp); s skegg, to trim the beard; s skeið, to take a run (þetta dýr skapaði skeið at oss); s ok skera e-t, or um e-t, to decide, settle (ek skal einn skera ok s okkar á milli);
2.
to assign as one's fate or destiny (ek skapa honum þat, at hann skal eigi lifa lengr en kerti þat brenner); s e-m aldr, to fashion one's future life; syni þínum verðr-a sæla sköpuð, bliss is not fated to thy son;
3.
to fix, appoint (haf þá eina fémuni, er ek skapa þér); s e-m víti, to impose a fine or penalty; at sköpuðu, in the order of nature, according to the course of nature (væri þat at sköpuðu fyrir aldrs sakir, at þú lifðir lengr okkar); láta skeika at sköpuðu, to let things go their own course (according to fate); láta skapat skera, to let fate decide;
4.
refl, skapast, to take shape; freista, hvé þá skapist, try how things will go then; �mundi kvað jarl úáhlýðinn ok mun lítt at s, A said the earl was self-willed, and little will come of it
