gaupn
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f. [Scot. goupen or goupin; O. H. G. coufan; mid. H. G. goufen; Swed. göpen], prop. both bands held together in the form of a bowl; in the phrases, sjá, horfa, líta, lúta í gaupnir sér, to look, lout (i. e. bend down) into one’s goupen, to cover one’s face with the palms, as a token of sorrow, prayer, thought, or the like, Sturl. iii. 113, Orkn. 170, Al. 115, O. H. L. 13; hón sá í gaupnir sér ok grét, she covered her face and wept, Vápn. 21, cp. Grett. 129; þá laut hón fram í gaupnir sér á borðit, Greg. 65; ilja gaupnir, poët. the hollows in the soles of the feet, Þd. 3; hafa e-n í gaupnum sér (better reading greipum), to have a person in one’s clutch, O. H. L. l. c.
- 2.
as a measure, as much as can be taken in the hands held together, as in Scot. ‘gowd in goupins;’ gaupnir silfrs, goupens of silver, Fas. ii. 176; gaupnir moldar, goupens of earth, id. gaupna-sýn, f. a looking into one’s palms, covering one’s face, O. H. L. l. c.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- i. e.
- id est.
- cp.
- compare.
- poët.
- poetically.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)