ái
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m. [cp. afi and Lat. avus], great-grandfather, answering to edda, great-grandmother (at present in Icel. langafi and langamma), Rm. 2; föður eðr afa, á. er hinn þriði, Edda 208; see æ, p. 757, col. 1. In Sæm. 118 ai seems to be an exclamatio dolentis, göróttr er drykkrinn, ai! unless ai be here = ái in the sense of father; cp. the reply of Sigmund, láttu grön sía, sonr. In mod. poetry áar in pl. is used in the sense of ancestors; áðr áar fæddust áa (gen. pl.) vorra, Bjarni 71, Eggert (Bb.) I. 20.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
- Bjarni
- Bjarni Thorarinson.
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.