Rín
nafnorð, kvenkyn
f. the Rhine, Akv. 27, Bkv. 11, Bm., Gm., Edda, Symb., passim; the fem. gender (masc. in Germ. der Rhein, Lat. Rhenus) prob. arose from the appellative, (áin Rín, the river Rhine); Rínar-kvíslir, -ósar, Ant. 288: in poetry gold is called Rínar-málmr, Rín-leygr,—the ore or the fire of the Rhine, referring to the legends of the Niebelungen Hort, Lex. Poët.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- fem.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- masc.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bkv.
- Brynhildar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bm.
- Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.