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diminishing; svá dregr at mér af elli, svengd, þorsta, I am so overcome by old age, hunger, thirst; nú þykki mér sem fast dragi at þér, that thou art sinking fast; d. hring á hönd sér, to put a ring on one's hand; d. (grun) á et, to suspect; d. á vetr, to rear through the winter (Hrafnkell dró á vetr kálf ok kið); impers., dregr á tunglit, the moon is obscured (= dregr myrkr á tunglit); dimmu þykkir d. á ráðit Odds, it looks as if a cloud was drawing over Odds' affairs; dregr á gleði biskups, the bishop's gladness was obscured; d. eptir em, to gain on one (Þorarinn sótti ákaft róðrinn ok hans menn, ok drógu skjótt eptir þeim Steinólfi ok Kjallaki); d. eptir em um et, to approach one, to be nearly equal to one, in a thing; um margar íþróttir (in many accomplishments) dró hann fast eptir Ólafi konungi; d. et fram, to produce, bring forward (d. fram athugasamlig dœmi); to further, promote (d. fram hlut es); d. fram kaupeyri sinn, to make money; d. fram skip, to launch a ship; impers., dregr frá, (cloud darkness) is drawn off; hratt stundum fyrir, en stundum dró frá, (clouds) drew sometimes over, sometimes off; dregr fyrir sól, tungl, the sun, moon is obscured by clouds or eclipse (tunglskin var ljóst, en stundum dró fyrir); ok er í tók at d. skúrirnar, when showers began to gather; d. eð saman, to collect, gather (d. lið, her, skip saman); impers., saman dró kaupmála með þeim, they struck a bargain; saman dró hugi þeirra, their hearts were drawn together; dregr þá saman or dregr saman með þeim, the distance between them grows less; d. et í sundr, to draw asunder, disjoin (vil ek eigi d. í sundr sættir yðrar); impers., dregr þá í sundr or dregr í sundr með þeim, the distance between them increases; d. en til es, to move, prompt, induce; engi ofkæti dregr mik til þessarar ferðar; it is not from wantonness that I undertake this journey; slíkt dregr hann til vinsældar, this furthers his popularity, ef hann drógi ekki till if he was not concerned; d. et til dœmis um et, to adduce as a proof of; hann hét at d. allt til,sætta (to do everything in his power for reconciliation) með þeim Skota konungi; impers., nema til verra dragi, unless matters turn out for the worse; with dat., þat samband þeirra, er þeim dregr báðum til bana, which will prove fatal to both of them; at hér mundi til mikillar úgiptu d. um kaup þessi, that much mischief would arise from this bargain; dró þá enn til sundrþykkju með þeim Svíum, the old feud with the Swedes began all over again; svá er þat, segir R., ef ekki dregr til, unless some unforesceen thing happens; d. et undan em, to seek to deprive one of a thing (þeir hafa bundizt í því at d. bœndr undan þér); d. et undan, to delay (drógu Skotar undan sættina); hví dregr þú undan at bjóða mér til þín ? why dost thou put off inviting me to come?; d. rót undan (tölu), to extract the root; d. undan em, to escape from one (nú lægir seglin þeirra ok draga þeir undan oss); impers., hann (acc.) dró undan sem nauðuligast, he had a narrow escape; lítt dró enn undan við þic, there was little chance of drawing out of thy reach; d. et undir sik, to appropriate or take fraudulently to oneself (hafði dregit undir sik finnskattinn); impers., dró yðr (acc.) undir hrakningina, en oss (acc.) undan, you came in for hard uasge but we escaped; d. upp skip, to drag a ship ashore; d. upp segl, to hoist a sail (sails); d. upp fisk, to pull up fish with a line; impers., þoku dregr upp, fog is coming on; (11) refl., dragast, to draw oneself, move; d. aptr á leið, to remain behind; d. á hendr em, to gather around one; d. á et, to give a partial promise (Þorvarðr dróst á at ljá Sturlu sverðit, ok fórst þat fyrir); d. á legg, to grow up, þegar honum dróst aldr, when her grew up; em dragast penningar, one maks money; herr, lið, drengst em, troops gather round

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