SAKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SAKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SAKA

að, [sök; Ulf. sakan = μάχεσθαι, ἐπιτιμαν, ga-sakan = ἐλέγχειν, A. S. sacan; cp. sókn, sækja, sekr]:—prop. ‘to fight,’ which remains in Hom. 30.

2 SAKA

2. to blame, find fault with; saka sik um e-t, to blame oneself for a thing, Nj. 20, Fms. xi. 2; sakask um e-t, to blame one another, Fb. ii. 25, Al. 81; Þorvaldr lét ekki tjóa at sakask um verkit, Glúm. 374; cp. the saying, tjáir ekki að sakast um orðinn hlut, no use to cry over spilt milk; sakask við e-n, to throw the blame on, to scold, Mart. 121; sakask sáryrðum, to come to words, Ls. 5.

3 SAKA

3. part. sakaðr, charged, accused, Gþl. 548: in the phrase, sakaðr ok sifjaðr, foe and friend, 14, 67, 547: convicted, guilty, Fms. ix. 427.

4 SAKA

II. to hurt, harm, scathe; þér skal ekki saka, Nj. 53; jarl kvað þat ekki saka mundu, Orkn. 408: impers., sakaði hann (acc.) ekki, Fms. i. 104; Skúta sakaði ekki, Rd. 295: sakaðr, hurt, wounded, Sturl. iii. 267; var ekki borð sakat (damaged) í skipi þeirra, Ld. 76; mun ek göra ráð fyrir svá at ekki saki til, Fms. i. 189; Ólafr kvað ekki til mundu saka, Ld. 76.

5 SAKA

2. recipr., eigi hygg ek okkr myni úlfa dæmi, at vér skylim sjálfir um sakask, that we should destroy one another like wolves, Hom. 30.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛅᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
acc.
accusative.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
impers
impersonal.
impers.
impersonal.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
pers.
person, personal.
pr.
proper.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
recipr.
reciprocally.
S.
South, Southern.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Works & Authors

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Mart.
Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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