Yrða

farborði

nafnorð, karlkyn

far-borði

a, m. a ship’s board or bulwark above water when loaded, cp. Grág. ii. 399; hence the metaph. phrase, sjá (or leita) sér farborða, to take precautions, so as to get safe and sound out of a danger, Fms. vi. 430, vii. 142, v. l.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)
cp.
compare.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Tilvitnuð rit

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)