gáta
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
u, f. [geta; Dan. gaade; Swed. gåta], a guessing; til-gáta, a suggestion; get-gáta, guess-work, but in old writers scarcely used in this sense.
- II.
a riddle, Stj. 411, Fas. i. 464 sqq.; Icel. bera upp gátu, to ask a riddle; ráða gátu, to read a riddle; hence the saying, myrk er óráðin gáta, mirk (dark) is an unread riddle, cp. Bs. i. 226; koll-gáta, in the phrase, eiga kollgátuna, to guess the riddle; cp. geta í kollinn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- sqq.
- following.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)