dauðr
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj. [Ulf. dauþs; A. S. deâd; Engl. dead; Germ. todt; Dan. död]:—dead, Grág. i. 140, Nj. 19; the phrase, verða d., to become dead, i. e. to die, 238, Jb. ch. 3, Am. 98; d. verðr hverr (a proverb), Fs. 114 (in a verse); falla niðr d., Fms. viii. 55: metaph. eccl., 623. 32, Hom. 79, 655 xiv. A; dauð trúa, Greg. 13, James ii. 17, Pass. 4. 33.
- 2.
inanimate, in the law phrase dautt fé, K. Á. 204.
- β.
medic. dead, of a limb.
- β.
- 3.
compds denoting manner of death, sæ-dauðr, vápn-dauðr, sótt-dauðr; sjálf-dauðr, of sheep or cattle, — svidda, q. v.: again, hálf-dauðr, half dead; al-dauðr, quite dead; stein-dauðr, stone-dead; the old writers prefer to use andaðr or látinn, and in mod. use dáinn is a gentler term, used of a deceased friend; daudr sounds rude and is scarcely used except of animals; in like manner Germ. say abgelebt.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- i. e.
- id est.
- ch.
- chapter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Pass.
- Passíu-sálmar.
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)