fox
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. [A. S. and Engl. fox; Dutch vos; Germ. fuchs; this word occurs in the old northern tongues only in a metaph. sense, and even then rare and obsolete]:—a fraud in selling, adulteration; fox er íllt í exi, Eg. 184 (in a verse); otherwise only in the phrase, selja e-m fox né flærð, Gþl. 492; kaup-fox, veð-fox (q. v.), fraud in sale or bailing, Gþl.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)