ballr
lýsingarorð
adj. [Goth. balþs, audax, may be supposed from Jornandes, ob audaciam virtutis baltha, id est audax, nomen inter suos acceperat, 109; Ulf. renders παρρησία by balþis, f., and balþjan is audere; in Icel. the lþ (lth) becomes ll; A. S. beald, audax; Engl. bold]:—bard, stubborn: only used in poetry, and not in quite a good sense, as an epithet of a giant, Hým. 17; böll ráð, telling, fatal schemes, Hom. 27 ; ballir draumar, bad, deadly dreams, Vtkv. I; ballr dólgr, Haustl.; böll þrá, heavy grief, Ls. 39, etc., vide Lex. Poët. [So old German names, Bald, Leo-pold, etc.]
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
- Vtkv.
- Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.