blá
nafnorð, karlkyn
blá-maðr
m. a black man, negro, i. e. an Ethiopian, Al. 51, Orkn. 364 (referring to A. D. 1152), distinguished from the Saracens and Arabians; three ‘blámenn’ were sent as a present to the German emperor Frederic the Second, Fms. x. 3: in romances blámenn are mentioned as a kind of ‘berserkers,’ q. v., Finnb. ch. 16, Kjalnes. S. ch. 15; cp. Scott’s Ivanhoe, note B.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- i. e.
- id est.
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga saga. (D. V.)