fræ
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. (not frœ, as even Eyvind Skaldaspillir rhymes frævi and ævi), sometimes in old MSS. spelt freo or frjó (q. v.), but less rightly; old dat. frævi, mod. fræi; [Ulf. fraiv = σπέρμα; Swed. and Dan. frö; not found in Germ., Saxon, or Engl.; it is therefore a Gothic-Scandinavian word]:—seed, 677. 11, Rb. 78, 655 xxx. 2; chiefly used of vegetables, sæði of animal seed; varpa síðan fræi í fold fyrirmyndan um sjálfs míns hold, Bb. 3. 54; very freq. in mod. usage.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- MSS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- mod.
- modern.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.