No. 239 in Icelandic
sinna
To care for, attend to, or look after.
In a sentence
Ég vil kenna börnum og sinna þeim vel.
I want to teach children and care for them well.
In this sentence, 'sinna' is used to mean 'to care for' or 'attend to'.
Ég hef ekki tíma til að sinna verkefninu núna.
I do not have time to attend to the project now.
Here, 'sinna' signifies the act of attending to or addressing a matter or task.
Hann gleymdi að sinna tölvupóstinum sínum.
He forgot to attend to his emails.
In this example, 'sinna' means to address or manage correspondence or similar.
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