gil
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n., gen. pl. gilja, dat. giljum, [Ghyll or Gill in North. E. and Scot., local names]:—a deep narrow glen with a stream at bottom, like the Gr. χαράδρα; brooks and tributary streams flowing through clefts in the fell side to the main river at the bottom of a vale are in Icel. called gil; very freq. in local names, Ísfirðinga-gil, Branda-gil, Hauka-gil, Hrafna-gil, Hellra-gil, Gilj-á, Þver-gil, vide Landn.; (a chasm without water or with stagnant water is not gil, but gjá; also gljúfr, a deep chasm forming the bed of a river), Valla L. 223, Hrafn. 7, Eg. 766, Ld. 218, Krók. 64, Fms. vii. 149, passim.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)