bleikr
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj. [A. S. blâc or blæc; Engl. bleached and bleak; Swed. blek; Germ. bleich and blass]:—pale, wan, of the colour of gold, Fms. v. 345; of bad silver, Grág. i. 500; of fruits, Stj. 161; of ripe barley fields, b. akrar, Nj. 112, and N. T. John iv. 35, a rendering of λευκός in the Gr.; of animals, a fawn-coloured horse is in Icel. called Bleikr, m., a mare Bleik, f., Flov. 33, Vígl.; an ox, Vápn. 21; of hair, auburn, Fær. 156; bleikt hár, the fair locks of a baby, Rm. 31, where ‘bleak and bright’ are alliterative; Homer’s ξανθός is in Icel. rendered by bleik-hárr.
- 2.
= Lat. pallidus, the colour of ashes, pale from fright, loss of blood, or emotion, Fms. i. 216; fiskbleikr, pale as a fish, vii. 269; b. sem bast, pale as bast, etc.: of the moonshine, Sks. 627: the colour of death, því ligg ek b. í brúki, of a corpse mouldering at the bottom of the sea, Fms. vi. 376.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Lat.
- Latin.
- etc.
- et cetera.
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- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Vígl.
- Víglundar saga. (D. V.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)