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one apart; b. sér sjúkum, to feign illness; (2) to deviate from, disregard (vér höfum brugðit af ráðum þínum); (3) to alter, change; b. lit, litum, to change colour, to turn pale; b. e-m í e-s líki, to turn one (by spell) into another shape (þú brátt þér ímerar líki); (4) to break up, leave off, give up; b. tjöldum, to strike the tents; b. samvist, to leave off living together; b. ráðahag, to break off an engagement (wedding); b. boði, to countermand a feast; b. sýslu, to leave off working; b. svefni, blundi, to awake; b. tali, to break off talking; b. orrustu, kaupi, to break off a battle, bargain; (5) to break (b. trúnaði, heiti, sáttmáli); (6) b. e-m e-u, to upbraid, reproach one with a thing (Kálfr brá mér því í dag); (7) with prepp., b. eöm á loft, to lift one aloft; b. e-u á, to give out, pretend (hann brá á því, at hann mundi ríða vestr til Miðfjarðar); absol., b. á e-t, to begin (suddenly) doing a thing; b. á leik, to begin playing or sporting; Kimbi brá á gaman, took it playfully, laughed at it; þeir brugðu á glímu ok á glens, they started wrestling and playing; hestrinn brá á leik, broke into play, ran away; hönd bregðr ávenju, is ready for its old work; þá brá Ingimundr til útanferðar, I. started to go abroad; b. e-u undan, to put it out of the way, to hide it; b. upp hendi, höndum, to hold up the hand; b. e-u við, to ward off with (b. við skildi); fig., to put forth as an example, to praise, wonder at (þínum drengskap skal ek við b.); absol., b. við, to start off, set about a thing without delay; brá hann við skjótt ok fór, he started off at once and went; (8) refl., bregðast, to fail, come to naught (þat mun eigi b.); b. e-m, to deceive, disappoint one (Gunnar kvaðst aldri skyldu b. Njáli né sonum hans); þeim brást frumhlaupit, they failed in the onslaught; b. brögðum, to play one another tricks; b. orðum, brigzlum, to upbraid one another; b. við, to make a sudden motion with the body (Hrútrbrást skjótt við undan högginu); b. við fast, to turn sharply; b. á beina við e-n, to show hospitality towards; b. reiðr við e-t, to get angry at; b. úkunnr við e-t, to be startled at the novelty of a thing; (9) impers., e-u bregðr, it ceases, fails; svá hart, at nyt bregði (to drive the ewes) so fast that they fail to give milk; veðráttu brá eigi, there was no change in the weather; of a sudden appearance, kláða brá á hvarmana, the eye-lids began to itch; þá brá ljóma af Logafjöllum, then from L. there burst flashes of light; ljósi bregðr fyrir, a light passes before the eye; with preps., bregðr af vexti hans frá öðrum selum, his shape differs from that of other seals; e-m bregðr í brún, one is amazed, startled (nú bregðr mönnum í brún mjök); e-m bregðr til e-s, one person takes after, resembles another; en því bregðr mér til foreldris míns, in that I am like my father; þat er mælt, at fjórðungi bregði til fóstrs, the fostering makes the fourth part of a man; e-m bregðr við e-t = e-m bregðr í brún; brá þeim mjök við, er þeir sá hann inn ganga, it startled them much when they saw him come in; en þó brá fóstru Melkorku mest við þessi tíðindi, this news most affected M.'s nurse.
breiða (-dda, -ddr), v. to spread; b. borð, to lay the cloth on the table; b. faðm, to stretch out the arms; b. út, to lay out for drying, as hay; b. út hendr, to stretch out the hands; b. e-t yfir e-n, to cover one with a thing, chiefly of the bed-clothes.
breidd, f. breadth.
breið-dœlskr, a. from Broaddale;
Breið-firðingr, m. a man from Broadfirth;
breið-firzkr, a. belonging to Broadfirth.
breiðka (að), v. to grow broad, to broaden.
breið-laginn, a. broadish;
-leikr, m. broadness, breadth;
-leitr, a. broad-faced.
breiðr (neut. breitt), a. broad; ábreiðan, in breadth, = á breidd; standa breitt, to spread over a wide space; sitja breitt, with the legs wide apart.

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