fjós
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
- 1.
n., contr. form = fé-hús = ‘cow-house,’ [Norse fjös; the contracted form is usual even in the earliest writers]:—a cow-house, byre, stall, Ld. 98, Gísl. 28 sqq., Dropl. 28, Njarð. 368, Sturl. ii. 43, iii. 54, Fms. ix. 508; vera í fjósi, or fara í fjós, to attend to the cows.
COMPDS: fjós-dyr, fjós-haugr, fjós-hlaða, fjós-hurð, fjós-reka, fjós-veggr, etc., the door, mound, barn, hurdle, spade, wall, etc. of a fjós. fjós-gata, u, f. the byre-path, Landn. 51. Fjósa-karlar, m. pl. the ‘byre-carles,’ the three stars in the sword of Orion. fjósa-kona, u, f. a byre-maid, Landn. (Hb.) 51: fjósa-konur, the ‘byre-maids,’ the three stars in the belt of Orion, because the dairy-work is in the winter months (Dec., Jan.) fixed by the rising of these stars. fjósa-verk, n. ‘byre work,’ attendance on the cows, Nj. 185, v. l.
- 2.
mod. þjós, f. the carcase of a whale, Grág. ii. 360, 372, Jb. 310 B (passim).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- contr.
- contracted.
- sqq.
- following.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona saga. (D. II.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)