1 penta
1. að, [Fr. peindre], to paint; ráfit (the roof) var allt steint ok pentað, Fms. v. 339; hann lét penta húfuna, he had the church ceiling painted, Bs. i. 830; hann lét Atla prest skrifara p. allt ræfr innan, í stöplinum ok svá bjórinn, 132; herra Ketill lét p. innan kirkjuna, Vm. 117; p. likneskju, Mar.; Máriu líkneski pentað; fjögur blöð pentuð, Pm. 1; pentuð lesbók, a painted, illuminated, book of lessons (see málbók). Ám. 35: metaph., pentaðar málsgreinir, painted phrases, Skálda.
2 penta
2. in mod. usage to stain one’s clothes with food whilst eating, penta sig; þú hefir pentað þig; pentaðu þig ekki!
3 penta
2. u, f. a spot of meat on the clothes in eating. pent-speldi, n. a bib or napkin tied round the neck of children when eating.