bráðr
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj., neut. brátt, [Swed. bråd; Dan. brad; cp. bráð], sudden, hasty: the allit. law phrase, b. bani, a sudden, violent death, Nj. 99, Fms. v. 289, Sks. 585 (of suicide); b. atburðr, a sudden accident, Fms. x. 328: metaph. hot-tempered, eager, rash, bráð er barn-æskan (a proverb), Am. 75; b. barns-hugir, id., Bev. Fr.; b. í skaplyndi, Nj. 16, Hm. 21; þú hefir verið hölzi b. (too eager, too rash), í þessu máli, Vápn. 13; b. ok ákafr, rash and headlong, Fms. ix. 245; b. hestr, a fiery horse, Bs. i. 743.
- II.
brátt, bráðum, and bráðan used adverb., soon, shortly; þá var brátt drukkinn einmenningr, Eg. 551; brátt fanst þat á, it could soon be seen that …, 147; vánu bráðara (Lat. spe citius), (mod., vonum b.), very soon, in a very short time, Fms. xi. 115; sem bráðast, as soon as possible, the sooner the better, Eg. 534: the phrase, e-t berr bráðum (or bráðan) at, a thing happens of a sudden, with the notion of surprise, 361; en öllum féllusk hendr (i. e. were startled), at bráðan bar at, as it came so suddenly, Hkr. ii. 152, cp. Orkn. 50.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- neut.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- cp.
- compare.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adverb.
- adverbially.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- i. e.
- id est.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bev.
- Bevus saga. (G. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)