drag

Merkingar

n. [draga], in compds as ör-drag, a bow-shot, of distance: spec. a soft slope or valley, í hverri laut og dragi, Arm. ii. 94: in pl. drög, the watercourse down a valley, dals-drög, dala-drög; Gljufrár-drög, Pm. 46; Kálfadals-drög, id.; fjalla-drög.

1. β.

   sing. the iron rim on the keel of a boat or a sledge; the metaph. phrase, leggja drag undir e-t, to lay the keel under a thing, i. e. to encourage it, Eb. 20.

2. γ.

   a lining, in erma-drög, Bév. 16 (Fr.)

3. δ.

   Icel. also say, leggja drög fyrir e-t, to lay a drag (net) for a thing, i. e. to take some preparatory steps for a thing.

4. ε.

   metric. term, a supernumerary, additional line to a stanza, Edda (Ht.) 124, Fms. vi. 347.