bjalla
nafnorð, kvenkyn
u, f. a bell, certainly an Engl. word imported into Icel. along with Christianity; bjöllu gætir, the keeper of the bell, is a nickname given by the heathen Icel. to a missionary, A. D. 998, Kristni S. (in a verse): hann vígði klukkur ok bjöllur, Bs. i. 65, Fms. i. 233: bjalla is now esp. used of small bells, e. g. on the horns of sheep, but klukka of a church bell; cp. dynbjalla, Grett.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Engl.
- English.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- esp.
- especially.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Kristni S.
- Kristni saga. (D. I. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)