Yrða

hvalr

nafnorð, karlkyn

m., pl. hvalar, Sks. 180 B; hvala, acc. pl., K. Þ. K. 138; hvalana, Grág. ii. 387; hvala alla, 359; mod. hvalir: [A. S. hwœl; Germ. wall-fisch; Dan. hval]:—a whale, Hým. 21, Rb. 1812. 17, Grág. i. 159, ii. 337: as to the right to claim whales as jetsum, see the law in Grág. and Jb., the Reka-bálkr and the Sagas passim, e. g. Grett. ch. 14,Eb. ch. 57, Háv. ch. 3, Fbr. ch. 9:—there was always a great stir when a whale was driven ashore, flýgr fiskisaga ferr hvalsaga; í hvals líki, Fms. xi. 182, Fas. ii. 131; hvals auki, amber, old Dan. hvals-öky, Sks.; hvals hauss, a whale’s head; hvals ván, expectation of a whale being drifted ashore, Vm. 174; hvals verð, a whale’s value, Grág. ii. 373; hvala blástr, the blowing of a whale; hvala-kváma, arrival of shoals of whales, Eg. 135; hvala-kyn, a species of whale, Sks. 121; in Edda (Gl.) and in Sks. l. c. no less than twenty-five kinds of whales are enumerated and described; hvala-skúfr, whale guts, a nickname, Landn.; hvala-vetr, a winter when many whales were caught, Ann. 1375: in local names, Hvals-á, Hvals-nes, Hval-fjörðr, Hvals-eyrr, Landn. etc.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)
pl.
fleirtala (e. plural)
acc.
þolfall (e. accusative)
mod.
modern.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Germ.
German.
Dan.
Danish.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
ch.
chapter.
l. c.
loco citato.
etc.
et cetera.
COMPDS
samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Sks.
Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
Háv.
Hávarðar saga. (D. II.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
Eg.
Egils saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ann.
Íslenzkir annálar. (D. IV.)