Yrða

aumr

lýsingarorð

Merkingar

adj. [Ulf. has arms = miser; Dan. and Swed. öm], seems with all its compounds to be a Scandin. word. It originally probably meant sore, aching, touchy, tender. In mod. Icel. it is sometimes used in this sense, in Dan. and Swed. only = sore, and metaph. tender.

  1. 2.

    metaph. poorly, miserable, unhappy; styrkstú, aumr, strengthen thyself, wretched man, Orkn. 153, Hom. 15, 16, Th. 6, 16: in a bad sense = armr, Fms. ix. 414.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

adj.
lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
Dan.
Danish.
Swed.
Swedish.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
mod.
modern.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Tilvitnuð rit

Orkn.
Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
Hom.
Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)