hornungr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [A. S. hornung = bastard; Lex Romana ornongo; cp. Germ. winkel-kind and winkel-ehe = concubinatus; cp. bæsingr and Engl. bastard:—all of them with the notion of a corner for the illegitimate and outcast son, see Grimm R. A. 476]:—an old law term, a bastard son; in the Norse law the son of a freeborn wife, whose mundr has not been paid, and who is therefore illegitimate, N. G. L. i. 48, 228, cp. Hðm. 12; h. ok þýjar-barn, Fas. i. 495.
- β.
in Icel. law the son of a freeborn woman and a bondman, Grág. i. 178.
- 2.
metaph. a scamp, outcast; vera hornungr e-s, Fms. xi. 7; munu margir verða þess hornungar er eigu, hann var görr h. bróður síns, i. 255; nú emk h. hylli hennar, I am her outcast, Kormak (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Engl.
- English.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)