Yrða

hlýr

lýsingarorð

Merkingar

  1. 1.

    adj. warm, mild; hlýtt veðr, mild weather; hlý húsa-kynni, warm, snug rooms: metaph., e-m er hlýtt til e-s, to have a warm heart, affection, for a person; see hlær below.

  2. 2.

    n. pl. [A. S. hleor; Hel. hlear; Engl. leer], a cheek, Edda 72; hlýra skúrir, tears, Ísl. ii. 352 (in a verse): metaph. of things, of a vessel, the bows (cp. Gr. παρεία, and kinnungr from kinn, a cheek), Edda (Gl.), Fms. iv. 377, Lex. Poët.

COMPDS: hlýrbirtr, hlýrroðinn, hlýr-garðr, hlýr-sól, hlýr-tungl, hlýr-vangr, from the gunwale being fenced with a wall of shields, Lex. Poët.: the cheeks of an axe, Nj. 28, Grett. (in a verse), Edda i. 392 (in a verse): in mod. usage the sides of a knife are called hlýrar, as also the two sides of a bodice.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

adj.
lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
pl.
fleirtala (e. plural)
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Hel.
Heliand.
Engl.
English.
cp.
compare.
Gr.
Greek.
COMPDS
samsett orð (e. compounds)
mod.
modern.

Tilvitnuð rit

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)