flói
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
a, m. [Norse flaa-vand, flaa-bygd; cp. the Kelpie’s flow in Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor; also the ice-floe of Arctic navigators]:—a marshy moor, Ísl. ii. 345, Fms. iv. 359, Jb. ii. 280; fúa-flói, a rotten fen; flóa-barð, n. the edge of a f.; flóa-skítr, m. = flóð-skítr; flóa-sund, n. a strip of moor; and many other compds.
- β.
a district in the south of Icel., hence Flóa-menn, m. pl. the men of F., and Flóa-manna Saga, u, f. the name of a Saga.
- II.
a bay or large firth, Þórð. 7 new Ed.: freq. in local names, Stranda-flói, Grett. 13 new Ed.; Húna-flói, Sturl. iii. 58 sqq.; Faxa-f. (old Faxa-óss). Flóa-fundr, m. the battle in F., Sturl., Ann.—Deep water in a bay is also called flói, opp. to the shallow water near the coast, Bjarneyja-flói.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- compds.
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- sqq.
- following.
- opp.
- opposed.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar saga hreðu. (D. V.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir annálar. (D. IV.)