hverfr
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj. shifty; hverf haustgríma, Hm. 73; hverfr hugr, a shifty mind, Sol. 31: crank, of a ship, freq. in mod. usage: also in the phrase, stýra hverft, to steer wrong. Fas. ii. 178.
- 2.
metaph., ráða hverft, to give false counsel, Karl. III; fara hverft, to start, stagger, as if frightened, Nj. 197, Sd. 154; whence the mod. verða hverft, to be startled, be frightened: of clothes, rétt-hverfr, turning right; út-hverfr, turning outside; as also út-hverfa, rétt-hverfa, u, f.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)