deili
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. pl. marks, whereby to discern one thing (person) from another; sá þó öll d. á honum, all his features were visible, Fas. i. 298; the metaph. phrase, kunna, vita, deili á e-u (e-m), to know the marks of a thing (man), i. e. to know it so as to discern it from another thing; vita öll d. á, to know exactly; vita eingi d. á, to know nothing about, Eg. 185, Fas. ii. 113, Fms. v. 316.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- i. e.
- id est.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)