askr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
s, m. [A. S. äsc, whence many Engl. local names; Germ. esche]
- 1.
an ash, fraxinus, Edda (Gl.); a. ygdrasils, Edda 10, 11, Pr. 431.
- 2.
anything made of ash:
- α.
a spear, prop. ashen spear shaft (cp. δόρυ μείλινον, εϋμμελίης), Þiðr. 304, Edda (Gl.)
- β.
a small ship, a bark (built of ash, cp. δόρυ, abies); en þeir sigla burt á einum aski, Fas. ii. 206, i. 421: it appears only two or three times in Icel. prose writers; hence may be explained the name of ascmanni, viking, pirate, in Adam Brem. ch. 212 [A. S. äscmen], cp. askmaðr.
- γ.
a small vessel of wood (freq. in Icel., and used instead of deep plates, often with a cover (asklok) in carved work); stórir askar fullir af skyri, Eg. 549, 550; cp. kyrnu-askr, skyr-askr.
- δ.
a Norse measure for liquids, equal to four bowls, or sixteen justur, Gþl. 525, N. G. L. i. 328, H. E. i. 396, Fms. vii. 203.
- α.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- ch.
- chapter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)