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hryggjarstykki

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

hryggjar-stykki

n. a kind of duck (from a spot on the back), the sheldrake (?), Edda (Gl.): metaph. the name of an old Icel. historical work, Fms. vii. (Mork.)

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

Tilvitnuð rit

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Mork.
Morkinskinna. (E. I.)