geisli
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
a, m.
- 1.
prop. a beam, staff, = geisl; but only used,
- 2.
metaph. a beam, ray, of the sun, Rb. 472, Fas. i. 516, Hkv. 1. 15, Hom. 128; sólar-g., a sun-beam; ár-g., morning-beam, poët.: the eye is called brá-geisli, brow-beam, Korm. Geisla-dagr, m. ‘Beam-day;’ it is prob. a rendering of Epiphany, though it is not used of that very day, which is called Þrettándi, but of the seventh day after, viz. the 13th of January.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- viz.
- namely.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)