skera sker, skar, skárum, skorinn v
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b.
1.
to cut (�eir skáru böndin); s en á háls, to cut one's throat (Karkr �raell skar hann á háls) ; s út ór, to cut right through ;
2.
to slaughter (s sauði, kálf, kið, dilk, geldinga) ;
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to shape, cut (hann skar hár hans ok negl) ;
4.
to cut,mow, reap, (s akr);
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to carve, cut out (á brúðum stólsins var skorinn �órr, ok var �at líkneski mikit) ;
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s ern höfuð, to make faces at one; skapa ok s, to have all the say in a matter; láta skapat s, to let fate decide;
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with preps and advs, s et af, to cut off; s af manni, to be reserved or reticent; skera lítt af manni, to speak one's mind; s niðr kvikfé, to slaughter the live stock (for want of fodder) ; s ór eu, to decide, settle (s ór vandamálum) ; nú er �at vili vaár, at einn veg skeri ór, that the case be settled; s upp herör, �ingboð, to dispatch a wararrow, gatheringstick ; s upp akr, to reap a field;
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refl, skerast, to stretch, branch, of a fjord, valley ; fjörðr skarst langt inn í landit, stretched far into the land; höfðarnir skárust á víxl, the headlands stretched across, overlapped one another; s í setgeirabr�kr, to put on a mzn's breeches; ef nökkut skerst f, if anything happens; skarst alit í odda með �eim, �at sern við bar, they fell at odds about everything that happened; s ór eu máli, to withdraw (shrink)from a cause (gangi nú allir til mín ok sveri eiða, at engi skerist ór �essu máli); s undan eu, to refuse, decline doing a thing (mun lokit okkrurn samförum, ef �ú skerst undan förinni) ; s undan, to hang back (�eir fýstu hann at sættast, en hann skarst undan)
