kambr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [A. S. camb; Engl. comb; O. H. G. champ; Germ. kamm; Dan. kam]:—a comb, Dipl. iii. 4; ladies used to wear costly combs of walrus-tusk or gold, whence the place in Icel. at which Auda lost her comb was called Kambsnes; þau lendu við nes þat er Auðr tapaði kambi sínum; þat kallaði hón Kambsnes, Landn. III; eigi berr hann kamb í höfuð sér, Þiðr. 127; see Worsaae, No. 365.
- 2.
a carding-comb (ullar-kambr), Grett. 91 A, Fb. i. 212.
- II.
a crest, comb, Al. 171; hreistr-k. (q. v.), hana-k., a cock’s crest, cp. Gullin-kambi, Gold crest, Vsp.
- 2.
a crest, ridge of hills; malar-kambr, a ridge on the beach, Háv. 48 (where spelt kampr), Grág. ii. 354; as also bæjar-kambr, the front wall of a house.
- 2.
- III.
freq. in local names, Kambr, of crags rising like a crest, Landn., Finnb. ch. 27.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- ch.
- chapter.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga saga. (D. V.)