sigla -da, -t v
1.
to sail; s af landi, to stand off the land; s at landi, to stand in to land; s í haf, á haf, til hafs, to stand out to sea; s á skip, to run into a ship; s meira, to set more sails; s um e-n, to sail by one; s um Eyrarsund, to sail through the Sound; s um, to get under weigh, set sail (þegar er þeir höfðu um siglt, þá gaf þeim byr); with the course in acc, þat er sögn manna, at Skopti hafi fyrstr Norðmanna siglt Njörvasund, was the first Northman to sail through N; with the weather in acc (þeir sigla norðr um Sognsæ byr góðan ok bjart veðr); veðr siglanda, weather fit for sailing;
2.
fig, s á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, take the wind out of his sails (engi maðr mun hafa siglt á veðr jafnmörgum höfðingjum); s milli skers ok báru, to sail between Scylla and Charybdis;
3.
to go as with sails (sigldi íkorninn í milli limanna á öðru tré）
