Sælund
nafnorð, kvenkyn
better Selund (q. v.), rhymed Silunz kilir, Ó. H. (in a verse), f.; the gender varies between fem. and neut., gen. Selundar, Hkr. i. 132; but Selundz, Fms. i. 27, l. c.; Selund, Skáney, Gautland, x. 381; heima á Selund, ríkit á Selund, 366; af Selundi, 371:—the old name of Zealand; þar setti Gefjun landit ok gaf nafn ok kallaði Selund, Edda 1, Fms., Fas., Lex. Poët.; svals Silunz, Ó. H. (in a verse of A. D. 1027): dat. Selundi, Fms. i. 115, but Selund, v. l.; af Selundi, x. 371. The word is said to be derived not from Sæ-lund (i. e. Sea-grove), but from the root sal-, the und being inflexive, cp. ‘Insula Oceani,’ Tacit. Germ. ch. 40, which is not improbably a kind of translation of Selund, cp. Prof. Munch’s remarks on this name.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- fem.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- neut.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- i. e.
- id est.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- ch.
- chapter.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.