Yrða

bekkjargjöf

nafnorð, kvenkyn

bekkjar-gjöf

f. ‘bench-gift,’ an old custom to offer a gift to the bride whilst she sate on the bride’s bench at the wedding festival, Ld. 188, cp. Fms. ii. 133, and in many passages in Fritzner from D. N. it seems to be synonymous with línfé (lín, a veil), as the bride’s face on the wedding day was veiled; ganga und líni is a poët. phrase used of the bride on the bridal bench, yet Fms. x. 313, línfé eða b.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)
cp.
compare.
poët.
poetically.

Tilvitnuð rit

Ld.
Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)