for dæða
nafnorð, kvenkyn
for-dæða
u, f. [for- negative and dáð = an ‘evil-doer,’ cp. Germ. ‘missethat;’ the etym. given in Js. (Gl.) is inadmissible; only used as a law term]:—a witch, sorceress, in the worst sense, N. G. L. i. 70, 342, 351, Ls. 32, Korm. (in a verse), Grett. 108 new Ed.; bölvuð f., accursed witch! Fms. xi. 435.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- etym.
- etymology.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)