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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

eigna vb. [-að-]

(cf. -eignaðr adj.) -eignaðr adj.

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

A.

1) [e-t/e-n] [e-m/e-u] give i eje, overdrage til, overlade til, lægge ind under, regne for hørende til, regne for (ngns/ngts) ⫽ give over, hand over to, assign, regard as (sby’s/sth’s)

**● ‖ præt. part.: eignaðr** bemidlet, formuende ⫽ of means, wealthy

2) [e-t] [e-m] tilegne, hellige, dedicere til ⫽ dedicate to

● eigna full [e-m] drikke (ngns) skål ⫽ drink (sby’s) toast

3) [e-t] [e-m/e-u] tilskrive, give ære/skyld for, tillægge ⫽ ascribe, give credit for, blame on, attribute

B. eigna sér

1) [e-t/e-n] tage i besiddelse, tilvende sig, underlægge sig, tillægge sig (formue), tage til sig, regne for sit, vedkende sig ejerskab af ⫽ take into one’s possession, misappropriate, subjugate, take possession (of wealth), treat as one’s own, acknowledge ownership of

2) [e-t] tillægge sig, tage på sig, vedkende sig ⫽ ascribe to oneself, appropriate, accept responsibility for

) (Hertzb eigna sér út ‘berøve sig selv sin eiendom’ beror på “S. d. 100” & Fr4 do. beror på “NL IV 100³⁰” → egnna sier ... vtt Storm 1885 [NGL 4], 100³¹ ≠ egna sier ... vtt DI I ([c1176]›AM 186) 235¹) → egna vb.

C. eignask

1) [e-t/e-n / af e-u / til e-s] [af e-m] [í e-t / til e-s / at e-u] [með e-u / fyrir e-t] komme i besiddelse af, underlægge sig, komme til at eje, få/have, være i besiddelse af, eje ⫽ acquire, gain possession of, gain, own

2) [e-t] [í e-u] frelse, redde ⫽ save, redeem

●●● hosson mer veslum, er sva lengi hefir lifat vid vanrækt, en þu eignadiz o᷎nd þina i þolinmæde ~ lat. salvasti animam tuam VitPat 973¹⁷ VP 668¹⁹

3) [e-t] [með e-m] få som helligdag, gøres til genstand for dyrkelse (på helligdag) ⫽ have assigned as a feast day, be the object of celebration (on a feast day)

4) [e-t] være den hvortil (ngt der siges) sigter, være den hvorom (ngt) drejer sig ⫽ be the one to which sth. (which is said) is directed, be the one whom (sth.) concerns

5) [e-t] [með e-u / í e-u] opnå ⫽ obtain, achieve

6) [af e-u] få ejendom, beriges, blive rig ⫽ enrich oneself

●●● Mangare verr fe sitt i marga vanda varu. at auðgazt ok æignast af þui ~ fr. pur aveir ne pur grant fieu LaisMar 38⁴ Streng 72¹⁸

7) [e-m/e-u] gives til, bibringes ⫽ be given to, be inflicted on

8) [e-m] tilskrives, tillægges ⫽ be attributed/ascribed to

●●● eingin madr i Einglandi girniz meirr sannan frid kirkiunnar enn hann sialfr, þott honum eigniz sidarr i sogunni allar unadir Thom² 340²

D. eignask + præp./adv.

undir: eignask undir

[!] [e-t] påtage sig, antage, få ⫽ take over, assume, acquire

●●● ⸢Droguz [var. Eignudust AM 380 4°ˣ “C³”, etc.] þeir merkiliga þau naufn undir er almꜳttigr guð kalladi sina postola. lios þessa heims var. ÞBpA 187⁶: AM 380 4°ˣ “C³”

Form.: eignaz (41); eigna (18); eignat (13); eignar (8); eignadi (7); eigniz (5); eignadiz (4); eignast (4); eignazt (3); eignaðr (3); eignad (3); eignaði (3); æignizt (3); æignazt (3); eignasc (3); æigna (2); eígnadvm (2); æignna (2); éignasc (2); eígnast (2); æignasc (2); eignom (2); eignaðisk (2); æignaðiz (2); eignaðir (2); eignandi (2); eignut (2); æigniz (2); eignuðu (2); eignader (2); æignaz (2); eignaðiz (2); eignizt (2); æígnaþe (1); æignaðer (1); æignaðu (1); æignisc (1); Eignast (1); eignask (1); eignaþisc (1); éignat (1); eignaþi (1); ígna (1); Eignvm (1); eignir (1); eignisk (1); eignuð (1); æignaði (1); eignudu (1); æignaðe (1); eignvmzt (1); eignaþiz (1); Eignudust (1); eignud (1); eignað (1); eígnad (1); eignuðuz (1); eignanda (1); eignet (1); eignuðusk (1); éignatsc (1); eignaþv (1); eignadir (1); Eignaz (1); eignaðar (1); æígna (1); eignaþisk (1); æignast (1);

Comp.: af- (1)

Gloss.: EJ; ClV; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2 eignandi; Finsen _; Fr; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb; HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin _; Rím; LP; Med _; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH; AJ _; deVr (eign); Fr4; NO; Walter _; ÁBlM (eiginn); Bl; WPA _; ; LMNL

Litt.: Finnur Jónsson 1914 [ANF 30] 78

Genre. (expected): religious works [rel]: 65 (51); legal works [jur]: 41 (18); historical works [his]: 32 (33); charters [dip]: 11 (15); contemporary sagas [bis]: 10 (14); romances [rom]: 10 (20); learned works [div]: 8 (6); family sagas [isl]: 8 (23); þættir [tot]: 6 (4); legendary sagas [fas]: 1 (8); unclassified [ ]: 0 (1);

External (non-ONP) resources:

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Lexicon Poeticum (2nd ed.)

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Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

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