botn
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [Lat. fundus; A. S. botm; Engl. bottom; Hel. bodm; Germ. boden; Swed. batten; Dan. bund]:—the bottom; of a vessel, tunnu-botn, kistu-botn, etc., Nj. 133, Sturl. ii. 107, Hkr. ii. 245: the bottom of other things, e. g. of a haycock, Eb. 324; marar-botn, the bottom of the sea.
- β.
the head of a bay, firth, lake, dale, or the like; fjarðar-botn, vatns-botn, vágs-botn, dals-botn: Botn is a local name in Icel., Fms. xi. 125: in pl. even = bays, nú er at segja hvat móts gengr við Grænaland ór botnum þeim er fyrir eru nefndir, MS. A. M. 294; Hafs-botnar, Trolla-botnar, the Polar Sea between Greenland and Norway; the ancients fancied that these bays were the abode of the giants.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Lat.
- Latin.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- MS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- A. M.
- Arna-Magnaeanus.