helsingr
nafnorð, karlkyn
m. the barnacle or tree-goose, so called from its white collar (helsi), anas erithropus L., Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin. 548: a nickname, Fms. iv. 314. ☞ For the popular tales of this bird see Max Müller’s Lectures, 2nd Series. Helsingjar, m. pl. the name of the people of Helsingja-land in Sweden, Ó. H.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)