and
atviksorð and-sælis
Merkingar
in common talk andhælis, adv. [sól], against the course of the sun (cp. the Scot. ‘widdershins,’ that is, going against the sunshine or the sun’s light, a direction universally considered both in England and Scotland to be most unlucky; see the quot. in Jamieson sub voce), Ísl. ii. 154, Rb. 134; esp. used of witches and ‘uncanny’ appearances; þat gékk öfugt um húsit ok a., it went backwards about the house and against the sun’s course, Eb. 268, Gísl. 33, cp. Fs. (Vd.) 43, 59; hon gékk öfug a. um tréit, ok hafði þar yfir mörg röm ummæli, Grett. 151.
- β.
ansælis or andhælis is used of everything that goes backwards, wrong, or perversely; cp. andærr and andæris.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adv.
- atviksorð (e. adverb)
- cp.
- compare.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- esp.
- especially.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)