"launa lambið gráa" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

Forms: launaði lambið gráa [indicative, past, singular, third-person], launað lambið gráa [supine]
Etymology: From the saga of Heiðarvíga. In the year 1000, a man named Styr had just killed the farmer Þórhalli from Jörfi who had two children; Áslaug and Gestur. His son Gestur was a weak and backward child, who was not likely to avenge his father's death. Still Styr decided to recompense Gestur for the patricide with a grey heimalningur (“home-fed lamb”). Later however (in the year 1007-1008) Gestur sneaks up to Styr while supping and slashes with an ax full force in Styr's head. He hits behind Styr's right ear so that the brain shows and Gestur speaks; “þar launaði ég þér lambið gráa” which means “with this I've repaid you that grey lamb” and continues to run out the back door. The words themselves come from launa (“recompense”) and lambið (“the lamb”) the definite accusative of lamb (“a lamb”) and gráa the weak declension accusative form of grár (“grey”). Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|launaði lambið gráa||{{{22}}} lambið gráa|supine|launað lambið gráa||{{{33}}} lambið gráa|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} launa lambið gráa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative launaði lambið gráa, supine launað lambið gráa)
  1. (idiomatic) to get revenge on someone, to take vengeance on someone [with dative] Tags: idiomatic, weak Related terms: hafa horn í síðu, vera í nöp við, ætla að ná sér niðri á
    Sense id: en-launa_lambið_gráa-is-verb-71VZQZk4 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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