af
nafnorð, karlkyn
af-burðr
Merkingar
m. (also spelt abb-), odds, balance, bias, success (cp. bera af, to prevail); kvað honum eigi annat vænna til afburðar, in order to get the better of it, Sd. 166; sá hann at engi varð afburðrinn, they fought ‘aequo Marte,’ Sturl. ii. 74; hann ætlaði sér afburð, he meant to keep the odds in his own hand, Ísl. ii. 450; skal nú faraí haustvíking, ok vilda ek, at hon yrði eigi með minnum afburðum, less glorious, Orkn. 464.
- II.
gen. sing. and pl. afburðar-, a-, freq. used as a prefix in some COMPDS with the notion of gloriously, with distinction. afburðar-digr, adj. very thick, biðr. 24. afburða-fræknligr, adj. very gallant, Ísl. ii. 369. afburðar-járn, n. excellent iron, Fms. x. 173. afburðar-maðr, m. a man of mark, Rb. 316, Orkn. 474, Grett. 133, Finnb. 318. afburðar-mikill, adj. conspicuous, Fms. v. 181. afburðar-skip, n. a fine ship, Fas. iii. 106. afburðar-vel, adv. very well, Hkr. ii. 265, Fms. ix. 515. afburðar-vænn, adj. very fine, Fas. i. 182.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- sing.
- eintala (e. singular)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- adv.
- atviksorð (e. adverb)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga saga. (D. V.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)