drótt
lýsingarorð drótt-kvæðr
adj. (-kvæði, n.), in the heroic metre, the metre used in the drápas (q. v.) or poems which were recited before a king and the king’s men (drótt), whence the name probably comes; dróttkvæðr is opp. to kviðu-háttr, the epic, narrative metre, and ljóða-háttr, the metre of didactic poems or poems in the form of dialogues, Edda (Ht.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- opp.
- opposed.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)