dreyri
nafnorð, karlkyn
and drøri, a, m. [as to the root, cp. Goth. drjúsan, pret. draus, = to drop, fall, a verb analogous to frjósa, fraus, and fröri; this strong verb is lost in the Icel., only the weak dreyra is used; A. S. dreôr = gore; O. H. G. trôr:—are A. S. dreôrig, Engl. dreary, from the same root, in a metaph. sense?]:—blood, esp. gore, properly blood oozing out of the wound; vekja e-m dreyra, to bleed one, Fms. vii. 145; nú vökva þeir sér blóð, ok láta renna saman dreyra sinn. Gísl. 11; manna d., human blood, Fms. xi. 233; the phrase, rauðr sem dreyri, = dreyr-rauðr, red as blood, i. e. dark red, v. 127; rauðr d., Vsp. 33: allit., er hann etr hold mitt ok drekkr dreyra minn, 625. 195; dreyrinn dundi, the blood gushed, Pass. 23. 3: poët. phrases, dals d., jarðar d., the blood of the dales, earth, rivers, Lex. Poët.; Kvásis d., the blood of K., poetry, Edda.
COMPD: dreyrarunninn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- pret.
- þátíð (e. preterite)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Engl.
- English.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- esp.
- especially.
- i. e.
- id est.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- poët.
- poetically.
- COMPD
- samsett orð (e. compound)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Pass.
- Passíu-sálmar.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)