kasta að v
1.
to cast, throw, with dat (Egill kastaði þegar niðr horninu); k akkerum, to cast anchor; k verplum, teningum, to throw with dice; k orðum á e-n, to address one; refl, kastast orðum á, to exchange words; k kalls-yrðurn at e-m, to throw taunts at one; k eign sinni á e-t, to seize upon, take possession of; k ásik sótt, to feign illness;
2.
to cast off (er H heyrði þetta, kastaði hann skikkjunni); k trú, to cast off one�s faith;
3.
impers, e-u kastar, is thrown, flung; tóku þeir gneista þá, er kastat hafði ór Múspellsheimi, they took the sparks that had been cast out from M; skipinu hafði kastat, had capsized; henni var kastat skinni at beini, the skin was, as it were, thrown over her bones (from leanness);
4.
with 'um� k um hesti, to turn, wheel, a horse right round; k um sínum hug, to alter one�s (own) disposition; absol to turn round, wheel about
