fáni
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m. [Ulf. fana; A. S. fana; Hel. and O. H. G. fano; Germ. fahne; Lat. pannus]:—a standard, gunn-fáni, Hbl. 40, etc.; else it is rare and hardly used in old prose; even in old poetry vé is the usual word:—metaph. a buoyant, high-flying person is now called fáni; so, fána-ligr, adj. buoyant; fána-skapr, m. buoyancy in mind or temper; the sense given under ‘metaph.’ belongs no doubt to a different word, borrowed in the 15th century from the Engl. fawn; thus fánast uppá e-n = Engl. to fawn upon.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Engl.
- English.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hbl.
- Hárbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)