hes
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f. (spelt his, Gþl. l. c.), pl. hesjar:—a wooden frame attached to the tether of an animal, to prevent it from strangling itself; þat er ok hans handvömm ef af ofmegri verðr dautt eðr klafi kyrkir, en ef hæs (his, Gþl.) er í bandi … þá er þat eigi hans handvömm, N. G. L. i. 25, (Gþl. 502, Jb. 364, Js. 121.)
- 2.
metaph., in mod. usage, a cow’s dewlap.
- 3.
in mod. Norse usage hæsje (hesjar) are frames or rails on which hay or corn is put for drying; and hæsja is to dry on hæsje, vide Ivar Aasen, cp. Ný Fél. xv. 33; hence comes the provincial Icel. hisja (a verb): hisjungr and hisjungs-þerrir, m. of a soft air good for drying hay spread out on hesjar.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Ný Fél.
- Ný félags-rit.