Yrða

beisl

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

n. a bridle, freq. in old vellum MSS. spelt beils, Fs. 128, 62, Fms. x. 86, xi. 256 C; with z, beizl or mod. beizli, Sks. 84, 87 new Ed., N. G. L. ii. 115, Grett. 122, Fms. viii. 52, v. 1., Fas. ii. 508; beisl (wilh s), Karl. 4, Grág. i. 439 (Kb. and Sb.), Stj. 206, Nj. 33, Fms. x. 86, Flov. 26, etc. The word is not to be derived from bíta; this may with certainty be inferred from comparison with the other Teut. idioms, and even in the Roman tongues we find r after the first letter: A. S. bridle and bridels; O. H. G. brittill; Dutch bridel; Engl. bridle; these forms seem to point to the Lat. frenum; the Scandin. idioms seem to have elided the r; Swed. betsel; Dan. bidsel; Icel. beils and beisl or beizl; many words referring to horse taming and racing are not genuine Scandinavian, but of foreign extraction; so is söðull, saddle, derived from A. S. saðol, Lat. sedile.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
freq.
frequent, frequently.
MSS.
manuscript, manuscripts.
mod.
modern.
Ed.
edition, editions, edited.
etc.
et cetera.
Teut.
Teutonic.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
Engl.
English.
Lat.
Latin.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Swed.
Swedish.
Dan.
Danish.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
COMPDS
samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Sb.
Staðarhóls-bók. (B. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)