æs
nafnorð, kvenkyn
f., pl. æsar; [prob. a contr. form; cp. A. S. efese; cp. efsa; Swed. ofsing]:—the outer border, edge, esp. of a shoe or skin; rifjaði hann saman varrarnar ok sleit ór æsunum. Edda 71; freq. in mod. usage, but only of shoes, and in the phrase, spyrja einn út í allar æsar, to ask one questions most minutely; or also, kunna, vita út í æsar, to know all about a thing.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- prob.
- probably.
- contr.
- contracted.
- cp.
- compare.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)