Yrða

dalr 2

nafnorð, karlkyn

sjá einnig dalr 1 nafnorð, karlkyn

m., gen. dalar, poët. a bow. Lex. Poët.; this word has a different inflexion, and seems to be of a different root from the above; hence in poetry the hand is called dal-nauð, the need of (force applied to) the bow,’ and dal-töng, as the bow is bent by the hand.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)
gen.
eignarfall (e. genitive)
poët.
poetically.

Tilvitnuð rit

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.