blakkr
lýsingarorð
sjá einnig blakkr nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
adj. [A. S. blac; Engl. black; O. H. G. plak: in Icel. svartr, as in A. S. and other kindred tongues swart, etc., represents the Lat. niger; while blakkr corresponds to the Lat. ater, dead or dusky black], in poetry used as an epithet of wolves, etc., Lex. Poët., in prose it is very rare, Fas. iii. 592; hence blekkja, to defraud: the mod. Icel. blek, n. ink, Swed. blak, Dan. blæk, come from blakkr, corresponding to Lat. atramentum, Str. 63 (blez), Pr. 474.
- II.
= bleikr, pale; blakkr hestr, Ghv. 18 (perh. corrupt for bleikr, pale, cp. fölvan jó, Hkv. 2. 47), the colour of death; to dream of riding on a pale horse forebodes death, Bjarni 136; on a red horse a bloody death, Fs. (Vd.) 67.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Bjarni
- Bjarni Thorarinson.
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla saga. (D. II.)