Yrða

bringspelir

nafnorð, karlkyn

bring-spelir

m. pl. (mod. bringspalir, Ísl. ii. 55, 447, or bringsmalir, f. pl.), the ‘breast-rails, breast-bars,’ the brisket or part where the lower ribs are joined with the cartilago ensiformis (the hertespone of Chaucer), Ísl. l. c., Fms. ii. 151, Gullþ. 21; bringspölum (dat.), Grág. ii. 16; bringspölu (acc.), Gísl. 106; bringspala (gen.), Sturl. i. 140; bringspeli (acc.), Grett. 123 new Ed.: often in such phrases as, finna til (to feel pain) fyrir bringspölunum; [cp. Fr. espalier.]

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)
pl.
fleirtala (e. plural)
mod.
modern.
f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)
l. c.
loco citato.
dat.
þágufall (e. dative)
acc.
þolfall (e. accusative)
gen.
eignarfall (e. genitive)
Ed.
edition, editions, edited.
cp.
compare.

Tilvitnuð rit

Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)