þömb
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f., gen. þambar, [cp. þamba, þembi-; akin to þenja (?); cp. Lat. tum-or, tum-idus]:—the womb, guts, but with the notion of being blown-up; ok aum í vömb varð heldr til þörnb, Bjarn. (in a verse), where þömb seems to be a noun, not an adjective.
- 2.
metaph. a bow-string, being made of guts, like harp-strings; hence þambar-skelfir or -skelmir, the ‘string-shaker,’ the soubriquet of the famous archer Einar, Fms.; Þambar-vellir, -dalr, local names, Korm.
- II.
a nickname; Jósteinn þömb, Fms. ix. 260; Þórir Þömb, Grett.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)