berg
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
n. [Ulf. bairga = η ορεινή; A. S. biorh; Germ. berg; Dan. bjærg; Swed. berg; cp. bjarg and borg, in Swed. and Dan. berg means a mountain gener., = Icel. fjall; in Icel. berg is a special name]:—a rock, elevated rocky ground, as in lögberg; vaðberg, a rock on the shore where the angler stands; móberg, a clay soil, saxum terrestri-arenaceum fuscum, Eggert Itin.; þursaberg is a sort of whetstone, cp. Edda 58; and heinberg, hone-stone, id.; silfrberg, silver-ore, Stj.; á bergi, on a rock or rocky platform.
- β.
a rock, boulder; varð b. eitt undir höfði honum, Flov. 31.
- γ.
a precipice = björg; framan í bergi, Fms. vii. 81, Eg. 581, Hkr. i. 151; meitilberg.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.
- German.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- cp.
- compare.
- gener.
- generally.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)