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auki,
a,
m.
eke
[A.
S.
eaca;
Old
Engl.
and
Scot,
eke
or
eik],
increase,
addition;
Abram
tók
þann
auka
nafns
síns,
Ver.
14;
a.
öfundar
ok
hatrs,
Stj.
192:
cp.
also
in
the
phrase,
verða
at
moldar
auka,
to
become
dust,
to
die,
in
a
verse
in
the
Hervar.
S.
Fas.
i.
580;
cp.
maðr
er
moldu
samr,
man
is
but
dust,
Sl.
47;
and
another
proverb,
lauki
er
lítið
gæft
til
auka,
used
by
Sighvat
(Lex.
Poët.),
the
leek
needs
but
little
care
to
grow;
sárs-
auki,
pain,
Mirm.
47;
Danmerkr
auki
is
a
poët.
name
of
Zealand
used
by
Bragi,
Edda
I:
the
phrase,
í
miklum
auka,
in
a
huge,
colossal
shape,
Glúm.
345
(in
a
verse);
hence
perhaps
comes
the
popular
phrase,
að
færast
í
aukana
(or
haukana),
to
exert
to
the
utmost
one's
bodily
strength,
Glámr
færðist
í
alla
auka
(of
one
wrestling),
Grett.
114
A,
(Ed.
1853
has
færðist
í
aukana.)
2.
metaph.
seed,
germs,
thou
hast
given
me
no
seed,
Stj.
III.
Gen.
xv.
2;
esp.
the
sperm
of
whales,
amber,
Sks.
137.
.
produce
of
the
earth,
Barl.
193,
200.
interest
of
capital,
N.
G.
L.
ii.
380;
vide
áauki,
sársauki,
sakauki,
i.
187.
COMPDS:
auka-dagr,
m.
'eke-day,'
dies
intercalaris,
Rb.
488.
auka-hlutr,
m.
in
the
phrase,
at
aukahlut,
to
boot,
Hom.
129.
auka-nafn,
n.
'eke-name,'
nickname,
or
additional
name,
Sks.
272.
auka-smíði,
n.
a
superfluous
thing,
a
mere
appendix,
Fms.
ii.
359.
auka-tungl,
n.
intercalary
moon,
Rb.
116.
auka-verk,
n.
by-work,
Bs.
i.
326.
auka-vika,
u,
f.
'eke-week,'
intercalary
week,
v.
hlaupár.
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