and
nafnorð, karlkyn
and-vari
Merkingar
a, m.
- I.
a fish of prey, gurnard, Lat. miluus, Edda (Gl.); the name of the gurnard-shaped dwarf, Edda 72; the owner of a fatal ring, hence called andvara-nautr: cp. Skv. 1. 2, Andvari ek heiti … margan hefi ek fors um farit;—ótti svá mikill ok andvari, Hom. (St.); cp. Pass., andvara öngan hefir umhyggju-lítill sést.
- II.
in mod. usage, a soft breeze, and metaph. watchfulness, vigilance, in such phrases as, hafa andvara á sér, Pass. 15. 6: andvara-lauss, adj. heedless; andvara-leysi, f. mostly in a theol. sense, etc.
COMPD: andvaragestr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Lat.
- Latin.
- cp.
- compare.
- mod.
- modern.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPD
- samsett orð (e. compound)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
- Pass.
- Passíu-sálmar.