geit
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f., gen. geitar, pl. geitr, [Goth. gaitei; A. S. gât; Engl. goat; Germ. geiz; Swed. get; Dan. geed; Lat. hoedus]:—a she-goat (the he-goat is hafr), Grág. i. 418, 503, Hkv. 1. 42, 2. 35, Skm. 35, Rm. 12, Gm. 25, Edda 24, 46, passim; stein-geit, the steinbock or wild goat.
- 2.
metaph. a coward (cp. Engl. hare); hann er mesta geit, he is a ‘frightened hare,’ cp. Grett. ch. 8, Valla L. 212:—this metaphor is taken from the skógar-geit or roebuck, Fms. ii. 309, Hkv. 2. 35.
- II.
botan., geitna-njóli, a, m. aegopodium. geitna-skóf, n. lichen proboscideus, Hjalt. geit-skór, m. ‘goat-shoe,’ the willow-weed, epilobium, Ivar Aasen: a nickname, Íb. ch. 2.
- III.
medic. geitr, only in pl., scurvy in the head from vermin, Fas. i. 9.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.
- compare.
- ch.
- chapter.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- botan.
- botanically.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)