harpa
nafnorð, kvenkyn
sjá einnig harpa sagnorð
Merkingar
u, f. [A. S. hearpe; Engl. harp; O. H. G. harpha; Germ. harfe; Dan. harpe]
- I.
a harp, it occurs as early as Vsp. 34, Akv. 31, Am. 62, Og. 27, Bs. i. 155, Fms. vi. 203, vii. 97, Sks. 704.
COMPDS:
- II.
metaph. a shell; erat hlums vant kvað refr, dró hörpu at ísi, a saying, Fms. vii. 19: whence hörpu-diskr, m. a ‘harp-disk,’ a kind of shell: hörpu-skel, f. a harp-shell, Eg. 769, Eggert Itin.
- III.
the first month of the summer, from the middle of April to the middle of May, is called Harpa.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.