Yrða

andstreymr

lýsingarorð and-streymr

adj. running against stream; metaph. difficult, cross; Sighvatr var heldr a. um eptirmálin, hard to come to terms with, Sturl. ii. 42; andstreym örlög, ill-fate, Al. 69; kvað Svein jafnan andstreyman verit hafa þeim frændum, had always set his face against, Orkn. 390.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

adj.
lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Tilvitnuð rit

Sturl.
Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
Al.
Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)