fugl
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m., an older form fogl is usual in early MSS.: fugls, Hm. 13; both forms foglar and fuglar in Mork. 7, but in old poets fogl is required by the rhyme,—smoglir ástar foglar, Sighvat: [Ulf. fugls = πετεινόν; A. S. fugol; Engl. fowl; Germ. vogel; Swed. fogel; Dan. fugl]:—a fowl, bird; hart sem fugl flygi, Nj. 144, passim; cp. the saying, skjóta verðr til fugls áðr fái, Orkn. 346, Mirm. 31: a nautical term, hafa fugl af landi, to ‘have fowl off land’ to stand in within range of water-fowl, i. e. be from fifty to seventy miles off land; þeir höfðn fogl af Írlandi, Bs. i. 656: collect. fowl, síðan samnaðisk fogl í evna, 350; geir-fugl, the awk, alca impennis; æðar-f., the eider-duck: hræ-f., a bird of prey: fit-f., q. v.; smá-fuglar, small fowl, little birds, Mork. 7: söng-f., singing birds; snæ-f., snow-fowl; bjarg-f., cliff-fowl, sea gulls, etc.
- II.
a pr. name, Orkn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- MSS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- cp.
- compare.
- i. e.
- id est.
- collect.
- collective.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Mirm.
- Mirmants saga. (G. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)