brekka
nafnorð, kvenkyn
u, f. [Swed. and Engl. brink], a slope, Orkn. 244, Eg. 766, Gísl. 33, Glúm. 395; b. brún, the edge of a slope, Sturl. ii. 75; hvel, Sks. 64, freq. in local names in Icel.: as a law term, the hill where public meetings were held and laws promulgated, etc., hence the phrase, leiða í brekku, to proclaim a bondsman free; ef þræli er gefit frelsi, ok er hann eigi leiddr í lög eðr b., Grág. i. 358.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)