berja ber, barða, börðum, barðr, bariðr v
1.
to beat, strike, smite (b e-n) ; hár svá fagrt sem barit gull, as beaten gold; b korn af hálmi, to thresh; b húð af e-m, to scourge severely ; b e-n grjóti, to stone ( =grýta); b e-n illyrðum, ávítum, to abuse, reproach one; b á e-m, to attack one with blows, give one a thrashing, ; b á hurð, dyrr, at hurðu, at dyrum, to knock, rap at a door; b sér á brjóst, to smite one's breast (in repentance) ; b til e-s = b á e-m ; b e-n til e-s, to drive one with blows to do a thing (ver6a bar6r til bwkr);
2.
with dit, b grj6ti i andlit e-m, to throw stones in one's face; b saman vápnum, skjöldum, to dash weapons, shields against each other; b (to neglect, slight) guðs boðum; b e-u niðr (opp to ljósta e-u upp), to hush up;
3.
intrans, hjarta hans barði (beat, throbbed) undir síðunni;
4.
impers, skýjagrjóti barði í augu þeim, hailstones dashed in their eyes; þeim barði saman, they dashed against each other;
5.
refl, berjast, to fight (við e-n, with or against a person við veðr, against bad weather; við e-m, for a person); b á e-t, to assail attack (b á borgina, á guðs lýð) , þótt hann berðist lengi mót (offered resistance)
