ám
lýsingarorð ám-áttigr
adj. [cp. old Germ. amahtig = infirmus], contr. ámátkir, ámáttkar, etc., used in poetry as an epithet of witches and giants, prob. in the same sense as ámátligr, Vsp. 8, Hkv. Hjör. 17. Egilsson translates by praepotens, which seems scarcely right.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- contr.
- contracted.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)