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KASTALI -- KAUPANGSMENN. 333

sér um til mótstöðu-manna kirkjunnar, that he had turned round to the enemies of the church, Bs. i. 722; k. um hug sínum, to change one's mind, Stj. 285: k. til e-s, to cast at one, pelt one, Grág. ii. 7: ef hvarrgi kastar fyrir annan, lay snares for another, Gþl. 426. III. to cast off; kasta trú, to cast off one's faith, be a renegade, Nj. 166, 272; kasta Kristni, to apostatize, Fms. i. 108, vii. 151. IV. phrases, kasta orðum á e-n, to address one, Ölk. 37; k. kallz-yrðum at e-m, to throw taunts at one, Fms. vi. 194, Fb. i. 214 (at-kast); kasta reiði á e-n, Fms. vii. 228; k. á sik sótt, to feign illness, Nj. 14: k. fram kviðlingi, vísu, stöku, to extemporise, cast abroad, a ditty, Fms. ii. 207; kasta sinni eign á e-t, to seize upon: k. niðr, to cast down, Eg. 730: k. e-u til, to insinuate, Fb. ii. 148; k. móti e-m, to cast in one's teeth, Stj. 173: kasta upp, to forward, bring forth, Nj. 88. V. impers., of being cast, thrown, flung, esp. by wind, waves, etc.; varð svá mikill eldsgangrinn, at logbröndunum kastaði upp í borgina, Fms. x. 29; er hann frétti at skipinu hafði kastað, capsized, Bs. i. 389; þær síur ok gneista, er kastað hafði ór Múspells-heimi, Edda 5; köldum draug kastar upp á búnka, Skald H. 4. 19; kastaði þú fram seglinu á akkeris-fleininn, Fms. ix. 387; menn dasask, skips-farmi kastar, Sks. 231; enda kasti hvölum eða viði yfir malar-kamb, Grág. ii. 354; þat fé er kastar á land, 388; þá kastar þegar vindi á eptir þeim, it blew up to a breeze, Bs. i. 461; nú kastar á vindi innan eptir firðinum, Fms. ii. 72; henni var kastað skinni at beini, the skin was as it were thrown over her bones, of leanness, Bárð. 176. VI. reflex. or recipr., kastask í móti, to cast against one another, Gþl. 426; kastask orðum á, to exchange words, Eg. 547, Þorst. St. 52. 2. pass. to be thrown, Fms. ix. 245, x. 49.

kastali, a, m. [from Lat. castellum], a castle, stronghold, Fms. vii. 94, 159, 194, viii. 177, 418, x. 358, Al. 90, Sks. 597, Fas. i. 497, Ver. 10, Sturl. ii. 42, Fs. 70, Orkn. 344-354; kastala hurð, dyr, veggr, vígskörð, a castle door, wall, rampart. Hkr. iii. 312, Orkn. 350. Sks. 416; kastala stafr, a castle pillar, Fms. viii. 429; kastala-kirkja, a castle church, vii. 189; kastala-menn, defenders of a castle, Orkn. 350, Fms. vii. 192, Fs. 70. 2. a kind of war engine, Sks. 3. naut., hún-kastali, q.v. 4. a dome-shaped hill is in Icel. called kastali; cp. borg.

kastan-razi, a, m. a nickname, Bs.

kast-möl, f. coarse gravel.

kast-vella u, f. boiling, Bs. ii. 9.

KATI, a, m. a kind of small ship, a 'cat,' Edda (Gl.); þá gaf Hörðr nafn nesinu ok kallaði Katanes, því at honum þótti þar margr kati fyrir fara, Ísl. ii. 85 :-- ketíll (kettle) seems to be a diminutive from this old word. II. local names; Kata-nes, n. Caithness in Scotland: Katnesingar, m. pl. the men of Caithness, Orkn.: Katneskr, adj. from Caithness, Grág. i. 299, Orkn.

katlari, a, m. a kettle-maker, Rétt. 59.

Katrín, f. a pr. name, Catherine; Katrínar-messa, -saga, Catherine's mass, saga, Pm., Vm.

katt-belgr, m. a cat's skin, Grág. i. 501.

katt-skinn, n. a cat's skin, Þorf. Karl. 374; kattskinns glófar, cat-skin gloves, id.

kauða, u, f. = kauði, a nickname, Fms. vii. 217.

kauði, a, m. a rascal, Edda (Gl.) ii. 496, freq. in mod. usage.

KAUN, n. a sore, of wounds and scabs, Bs. ii. 20 (in a verse), Mar.; fullr kauna, Luke xvi. 26: freq. in mod. usage is the phrase, blása í kaunin, to blow on one's sores, of fingers burnt, sore, or cold, Grönd. 46, = GREEK of Theocr. 19. 3. 2. the Rune RUNE, see introduction to letter K.

KAUP, n. a bargain; íllt kaup, a bad bargain, Þorst. St. 54; daprt kaup, a sad bargain, Sighvat; kröpp kaup, Grett. (in a verse); gott or góð kaup, a good bargain; af-kaup, q.v.; hón gaf fyrir heklu flekkótta, ok vildi kaup kalla, she paid a spotted frock for it, thus making it a bargain, Landn. 319; öll skulu kaup haldask með mönnum váttlaus, nema fjögr, Grág. ii. 406; kona á at ráða fyrir hálfs-eyris kaupi, a woman has a right to make a bargain amounting to half an ounce, i. 333: phrases, slá kaupi við e-n, and slá kaupi saman, to strike a bargain, Fms. ii. 80, Fb. ii. 79; slyngja kaupi, to strike a bargain, Ld. 96; kaup ok sölur, buying and selling; ganga kaupum ok sölum, to go into trade; eiga kaup við e-n, Fms. vi. 103; verða at kaupi, to come to a bargain, Ld. 96; semja kaup, Fb. i. 124; kaupa smám kaupum sem stórum, ii. 75; eiga kaup við e-n, to exchange, bargain, trade with one, Nj. 157, passim. II. a stipulation, agreement; allan áverka þann er í kaup þeirra kom, Gþl. 329; ek mæli til kaupa við þik, vill Rútr görask mágr þinn ok kaupa dóttur þína (of marriage, see brúð-kaup), Nj. 3; þá tala þeir um kaup, ok verða á allt sáttir, 51; skulu vit korna saman á þessi nótt at því kaupi sem þá vill verða, Fms. vii. 244. III. wages, pay; eigi kann ek kaups at meta, to take pay for a thing, O. H. L. 66; utan kaups, without pay, gratuitously, Þiðr. 312; vera af kaupi, to be off one's bargain, to have forfeited it, Edda 26; skal hann eigi taka meira kaup en hálfa mörk, Grág. i. 147; at maðr taki tvá aura at kaupi, 466, Rétt. 2. 10; hvat kaup viltú hafa fyrir skemtan þína? O. H. L. 66; mæla sér kaup, Bs. i. 171, Stj. 176; konungr gaf honum mikit kaup, Fms. x. 320; fara með kaup sín, to let oneself for hire, Grág. i. 468; prests-kaup, a priest's pay for singing mass, Bs. i. 759; hann galt engum manni kaup, Grett. 109. COMPDS: kaupa-bálkr, m. a section of the law referring to trade and exchange, Grág., Gþl., Jb. kaupa-bréf, n. a deed of a bargain, D. N. kaupa-jörð, f. purchased land, opp. to óðalsjörð, N. G. L. i. 75. kaupa-kostir, m. pl. terms of a bargain, Ld. 322, Rd. 260. kaupa-land, n. =kaupajörð, Bs. i. 684. kaupa-maðr, m. a hired labourer during haymaking in the summer, opp. to vinnu-maðr = a servant hired for the whole year. kaupa-mang, n. barter, Sturl. ii. 125. kaupa-mark, n. a purchased mark, opp. to one inherited (in cattle), Grág. ii. 307. kaupa-váttr, m. (and kaups-váttr, Grág. ii. 204), a witness to a bargain, Dipl. v. 26. kaupa-vinna, u, f. working for wages, of mowers. kaups-vætti, n. id., Grág. ii. 272.

KAUPA, kaupir, pret. keypti, part. keypt; [Ulf. kaupatjan = GREEK and kaupon = GREEK, Luke xix. 13; A. S. ceâpian; Old Engl. chop; North. E. coup; cp. Engl. cheapen, chaffer, couper, chap-man, etc. (see angr); Germ. kaufen; Dutch koopen; Swed. köpa; Dan. kjöbe; a word common to all Teut. languages. The derivation from Lat. caupona is hardly admissible, whereas Grimm's ingenious suggestion (Dict. iii. 198) connecting it with Goth. kaupatjan, which Ulf. uses = to strike in the face, is strongly borne out by the very form of the Icel. word; -- since, first, this word, although having au as its root vowel, follows the 2nd and not the 1st weak conjugation; secondly, the vowel changes in preterite and participle, which is characteristic of a verb with an inflexive or characteristic j; thirdly, the t in the preterite (so far as is known) is never spelt with ð or þ, -- keypti, not keypði or keypþi (see introduction to letter D, C. III. 2), -- which indicates that the t is here radical and not inflexive. The Icel. word therefore represents in its tenses both the Gothic words, -- kaupan in the present tense, kaupatjan in the preterite: the bargain was symbolized by 'striking,' hence the phrase 'to strike' a bargain, Dutch koopslagen.]

B. To buy; magran mar kaupa, Hm. 83; kaupa frið, Skm. 19; opt kaupir sér í litlu lof, Hm. 51; vel-keyptr, 107; allan þann varning er þú kaupir ok selr, Sks. 20; hann keypti skip til ferðar, Mar. passim; keypti Njáll land í Ossabæ, Nj. 151, Grág. ii. 243; Vill Rútr görask mágr þinn ok kaupa dóttur þína, Nj. 3 :-- the bargain or price in dat., skal öln (dat.) kaupa geymslu á kú, Grág. i. 147, 466; kaupa land verði, ii. 243; k. sex álnum, i. 466; kaupa mey (konu) mundi, þá er kona mundi keypt, er mörk sex álna aura er goldin at mundi eðr handsöluð, eðr meira fé ella, 175; gulli keypta léztú Gýmis dóttur, Ls. 42. 2. absol. to make a bargain; þótt vér kaupim eigi, Nj. 49: kaupa kaupi, to bargain; eigi kemr mér þat í hug at Snorri kaupi sínu kaupi betr þótt hann gefi þér mat, Eb. 182; k. dýrt, to buy dearly, metaph., Parc., Str. 50. II. with prepp.; kaupa saman, to bargain, Hkv. Hjörv. 3; kaupa á braut, to buy one off; þess væntir mik, at þú sér vel þessu á braut kaupandi, well worth being bought off at this price, Fms. xi. 56 :-- k. við e-n, to make a bargain, come to terms with one, Nj. 40, Fb. ii. 75 :-- k. um, to barter, exchange; keypti hann um lönd við Guðrúnu Ósvífrs-dóttur, Eb. 282; kaupa klæðum (klæði um?) við e-n, to exchange clothes with one, Fms. ii. 156; mælt var at þau mundi kaupa um lönd, Snorri ok Guðrún, Ld. 248; drottning keypti um sonu við ambátt, Fas. ii. 59 :-- k. e-t at e-m, to buy of one; hann keypti at Þorgeiri, Íb. 11 (c&avlig;pti MS.); þat er mitt eyrendi at k. at þér kvikfé, Fms. vi. 103, Ld. 96, Fb. ii. 75. III. reflex., rétt er at maðr láti kaupask verk at, hire oneself out, Grág. i. 468: svá mikit sem mér kaupisk í, as much as I gain by it, Band. 31 new Ed.; ef ek vissa, at þat keyptisk í, at ..., that it would be gained by it, Fms. v. 138; mikit kaupisk nú í, much is gained, vii. 116; slíkt sem mér kaupisk í, xi. 285. 2. recipr., þar sem menn kaupask saman at lögum, to bargain with one another, Gþl. 477; á þat urðu vit sáttir er vit keyptumk við, Fb. ii. 78; þegar er ér kaupisk við, Eb. 112; öðrumtveggja þeim er við hafa keypzk, Grág. i. 227: the phrase, komask at keyptu, to pay dearly for, smart for it, Eg. 64, Háv. 46, Karl. 401. 3. pass., ekki munu frændr Grettis ausa út fé fyrir verk hans ef honum kaupisk enginn friðr, Grett. 126 A; sem í þessi ferð muni mér þá engi frami kaupask, St. Odd. 10.

kaup-angr, m. [kaup and vangr, dropping the v, rather than angr, q.v.] :-- a market-place, village, town; ef maðr á hús í kaupangi en bú í héraði, Gþl. 93; í kaupangi sem í héraði, N. G. L. i. 303; allt þat sem í kaupangri er gört, þat skal at kaupangrs-rétti skipta, 53; þá skal hann fara til kaupangrs með föt sín, 304. II. it is also freq. in Scandin. local names denoting old market-towns, Dan. Kjöbing, Nykjöbing, Kjöben-havn, Swed. Köping, Norköping, Engl. Cheap-side, Chipping-Ongar; Chipping-Norton, etc.: the Norse town Níðaróss was specially called Kaupangr, Fms. ii. 232, iii. 40, iv. 314, 340, v. 104, 117, x. 448, xii. passim, Ísl. ii. 391: also as a local name in northern Iceland, Lv., Rd. 274. COMPDS: Kaupangs-fjall, n. a local name in Norway, Fms. viii. kaupangs-konur, f. pl. town-women, the women of Níðaróss, Fms. vi. kaupangrs-lýðr, m. town-folk, Fms. x. 411. kaupangs-menn, m. pl. town-men, people, Fms. viii. 35. kaupangs-