högld
nafnorð, kvenkyn
f., pl. hagldir, a kind of buckle (shaped like ∞), commonly made of horn, used to run the rope through with which hay is trussed: hann tekr reip á tíu hesta ok leysir af hagldir, Fb. i. 523: in metaph. phrases, hann þóttisk nú hafa hagldir fengit á sínum málum, Bs. i. 730; and the mod. phrase, hafa bæði töglin ok hagldirnar, to have it all one’s own way. haglda-brauð, n. buckle-gingerbread.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)