Njörðr
nafnorð, karlkyn
m., gen. Njarðar, dat. Nirði, [cp. Nerthus, the goddess in Tacit. Germ. ch. 40; a similar worship is in the Northern account, Fms. ii. 73–78, attributed to Njord’s son Frey]:—Njorð, one of the old Northern gods, father of Frey and Freyja; about whom see Vþm. 38, 39, Gm. 16, Ls. 33, 34, Edda passim: Njord was the god of riches and traffic, hence the phrase, auðigr sem Njörðr, wealthy as Njord, a Croesus, Fs. 80. The name remains in Njarðar-vöttr, m. Njord’s glove, i. e. a sponge, Matth. xxvii. 48, freq. in mod. usage, and that it was so in olden times is seen from the words, þessa figúru köllum vér Njarðar-vött í skáldskap, this figure (a kind of antonomasia) we call Njord’s glove, Skálda 196: in local names, Njarð-vík, in eastern Icel., q. v.; Njarðar-lög and Njarð-ey, in Norway; cp. also njarð-láss, njarð-gjörð. In old Icel. translations of classical legends Njord is taken to represent Saturn, Bret., Clem. S. passim.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- ch.
- chapter.
- i. e.
- id est.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Bret.
- Breta sögur. (G. I.)
- Clem.
- Clements saga. (F. III.)