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verja ver, varða, variðr, varðr v

1. to wrap, enclose; v e-n armi, faðmi, to fold in one's arms, embrace; mun ek vexa vel blæju at v þitt líki, to shroud thy body; variðr, mounted, adorned (gulli, silfri, járni variðr) ;
2. v sverði, to swing, wield the sword;
3. v sér til, to exert oneself; en með því at hann varði sér mjök til, þá spruttu honurn f�tr á jakanum, as he exerted himself greatly, his feet slipped on the ice ;
4. to invest money, lay out, expend (hann selr jarðir sínar ok verr fénu til útanferðar); vænta ek, at ek hafa þá vel varit, that I have made a good bargain;
5. pp n, varit ; áttu svi til varit of menn, at, thou art so well provided with men that; ú6 át til þess varit, it is thy nature ; em er svá varit, at, one is so constituted that (honum var svá v, at hann var undirhyggjumaðr)

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