döf
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f., pl. dafar, the rump, Scot. doup; hér yfir skipunum uppi mættusk döfin ok höfuðit dýrsins (of a bear), Fas. ii. 172, while 510 has dausin; cp. Norse dov = rump, Ivar Aasen.
- 2.
a kind of spear, Edda (Gl.), Akv. 4, 14.
- II.
[cp. dafna, and Swed. däfven = moist], suck (?) and metaph. rest, in the poët. phrase, vær döf, sweet rest; milli Belindar brjósta-kúlna búið hefi eg þér væra döf, Grönd. 67; hreppa væra döf, sweet rest (of one dead), Feðga-æfi, 83 (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- cp.
- compare.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.