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AUKA,
jók,
jóku
(mod.
juku),
aukit
[Lat.
augere;
Gr.
GREEK
Ulf.
aukan;
A.
S.
eacan
or
ecan;
Engl.
to
eche
or
eke;
O.
H.
G.
auhon];
pres.
ind.
eyk;
subj.
eyki
or
yki,
mod.
jyki.
A
weak
form
(aukar,
aukaði,
aukat)
also
occurs,
esp.
in
Norse,
and
(as
a
Norwegianism)
in
Icel.
writers,
esp.
after
the
year
1260,
e.
g.
aukaðu,
augebant,
Barl.
138;
aukaðist,
augebatur,
aukaði,
augebat.
Barl.
180,
Fms.
i.
140,
184,
x.
21
(MSS.
aukuðu
or
aukaði,
and
some
even
jóku),
Róm.
234;
subj.
aukaðist,
augeretur,
Fms.
vii.
158
in
three
Icel.
vellum
MSS.;
only
one
has
ykist,
the
strong
genuine
form.
Pres.
aukar,
auget,
and
aukast,
augetur,
instead
of
eykr,
eykst,
Stj.
32:
part,
aukat
(=
aukit),
O.
H.
L.
46;
aukuð,
aucta,
Fms.
x.
236.
Even
Snorri
in
the
Edda
has
aukaðist,
p.
3,
both
in
the
vellum
MSS.
Ob.
and
Kb.,
--
a
form
which
is
thoroughly
unclassical;
the
poets
use
the
strong
form,
and
so
Ari,
who
has
jókk
=
jók
ek,
in
the
preface
to
Íb.;
--
so
also
the
great
bulk
of
the
classical
literature.
Since
the
Reformation
the
strong
form
is
the
only
one
used
either
in
speaking
or
writing.
I.
Lat.
augere,
to
augment,
increase,
with
acc.,
eykr
hann
þar
ætt
sína,
Fms.
iii.
82;
jók
Njáll
ekki
hjón
sín,
Nj.
59;
hét
hann
þeim
at
auka
virðing
þeirra,
Eg.
33;
þessi
orð
jóku
mjök
sök
Adams,
Sks.
542;
jók
nafn
hans,
Hom.
51,
Nj.
33;
var
þá
síðan
aukuð
(=
aukin)
veizlan,
Fms.
x.
236:
absol.,
þat
hálft
er
eykr,
that
half
which
is
over
and
above,
Js.
75:
in
the
phrase,
aukanda
ferr
um
e-t,
a
thing
is
increasing,
Nj.
139.
II.
Lat.
addere,
to
add
to
the
whole
of
a
thing;
with
the
thing
added
in
the
dat.,
ok
jókk
(=
jók
ek)
því
es
mér
varð
síðan
kunnara,
Íb.
(pref.):
impers.,
jók
miklu
við,
increased
greatly,
Ld.
54;
þá
eykst
enn
ellefu
nóttum
við,
eleven
nights
are
still
added,
Rb.
28:
followed
by
'við,'
auka
e-u
við
e-t,
to
add
to
it,
Nj.
41;
'til'
is
rare
and
unclassical,
and
seems
almost
a
Danism,
as
'föie
til,'
þetta
til
aukist,
Vm.
7:
auka
synd
(dat.)
á
synd
(acc.)
ofan,
to
heap
sin
upon
sin,
Stj.
274:
aukast
orðum
við,
to
come
to
words,
speak,
Eg.
ch.
58,
v.
l.
(rare);
ef
þú
eykr
orði,
if
tbou
say'st
a
word
more,
Lex.
Poët.
.
with
acc.
(a
rare
and
unclassical
Latinism),
auka
ny
vandræði
(=
nyjum
vandræðum)
á
hin
fornu,
Bs.
i.
751.
.
impers.
in
the
phrase,
aukar
á,
it
increases,
Róm.
234.
III.
to
surpass,
exceed;
þat
er
eykr
sex
aura,
þá
á
konungr
hálft
þat
er
eykr,
if
it
exceeds
six
ounces,
the
king
takes
half
the
excess,
N.
G.
L.
i.
281,
Js.
§
71;
en
ármaðr
taki
þat
er
aukit
er,
what
is
over
and
above,
N.
G.
L.
i.
165.
Esp.
used
adverbially
in
the
part.
pass,
aukit,
aukin,
more
than,
above,
of
numbers;
aukin
þrjú
hundruð
manna,
three
hundred
men
well
told,
Eg.
530,
Fms.
ix.
524,
v.
l.;
með
aukit
hundrað
manna,
x.
184,
Ld.
196;
aukin
hálf
vætt,
Grett.
141
new
Ed.
.
in
the
phrases,
þat
er
(eigi)
aukat
(aukit),
it
is
no
exaggeration,
Jd.
verse
22,
the
Ed.
in
Fms.
xi.
169
has
'árla'
(a
false
reading);
pat
er
aukat,
O.
H.
L.
1.
c.;
orðum
aukið,
exaggerated,
Thom.
73.
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