Yrða

fet

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

Merkingar

n. [Swed. fjät = a track; it answers to Lat. pĕd-is, fótr to Gr. ποδ-ός]:—a pace, step; ganga, stíga, feti framar, to go a step forward, Lv. 59, Skm. 40; ekki fet, not a step; hann gékk fram þrjú fet, Karl. 438; ganga níu fet, Vsp. 56; ok bar níu fet, Fms. i. 129; Jón gékk fet frá kirkjunni, ok féll þá niðr, Sturl. ii. 119; ganga, fara fullum fetum, to go at full pace, Fms. iv. 299, also used metaph. to proceed in one’s own course; með linlegum fetum, with slow steps, Sks. 629; fetum (dat.) as adv. at a pace, Akv. 13.

  1. 2.

    as a measure, a foot, and so in mod. usage, three palm breadths make a ‘fet,’ Hb. 732. 5; a wall five ‘fet’ thick, Grág. ii. 262; ‘fet’ is called a subdivision of ‘passus,’ Rb. 482; a tombstone fourteen ‘fet’ long, Hkr. i. 122; it may, however, mean a pace in Korm. 86, K. Þ. K. 98, and Karl. 396.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
Swed.
Swedish.
Lat.
Latin.
Gr.
Greek.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
dat.
þágufall (e. dative)
adv.
atviksorð (e. adverb)
mod.
modern.

Tilvitnuð rit

Lv.
Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
Sks.
Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Akv.
Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Hb.
Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)