broddr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [A. S. brord; O. H. G. brort; Goth. brozds is suggested], a spike, Eg. 285.
- β.
a kind of shaft, freq. in Lex. Poët., Fms. vii. 211, Fas. ii. 118; handbogi (cross-bow) með tvennum tylptum brodda, N. G. L. ii. 427; örfa skeptra (shafts) eðr brodda, i. 202.
- γ.
a sting, of an insect, Grönd. 46: metaph., dauði, hvar er þinn b., 1 Cor. xv. 55.
- δ.
of the spikes in a sharped horse-shoe or other shoe, mannbroddar, ice-shoes, Þorst. Hv. 46, Eb. 238, 240, Acts ix. 5; in a mountaineer’s staff (Alpen-stock), Bárð. 170.
- 2.
metaph. [cp. O. H. G. prurdi = ordo], milit. the front (point) of a column or body of men, opp. to hali, the rear; b. fylkingar and fylkingar broddr, Al. 56, 32; cp. ferðar-broddr, farar-broddr, Ld. 96, of a train of cattle and sheep.
- β.
the phrase, vera í broddi lífsins, to be in the prime of life, Al. 29.
- γ.
the milk of cows and ewes immediately after calving and lambing.
- δ.
botan. a spike on a plant.
- β.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.
- compare.
- milit.
- military.
- opp.
- opposed.
- botan.
- botanically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.
- Hv.
- Hungr-vaka. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar saga. (D. V.)
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)