kraptr
nafnorð, karlkyn
or kraftr, m., gen. krapts and kraptar, dat. krapti; [Engl. craft; Germ., Swed., and Dan. kraft; prob. akin to krappr, prop. meaning a crooked bar, such as ribs and knees in a ship, which sense has been kept in the weak form krapti; whence metaph. it came to mean power, strength]:—might, strength, power; með öllum krapti, with might and main, Fms. vii. 305; með miklum krapti, x. 274; engi er æðri kraptr eða styrkri, Sks. 25; undir krapti hlýðninnar, Mar.; algörr í kröptum, 656 A. 2; görðisk svá mikill máttr at krapti hans, 655 iii. 4; með ljósi krapts síns, Niðrst. 7; ek særi þik fyrir alla krapta Krists þíns, Nj. 176; af Guðs megni ok krapti ins heilaga kross, Fms. x. 417. In the N. T. δύναμις is often rendered by kraptr, Guðs kraptr, Matth. xxii. 29; kraptar himnanna, xxiv. 29; til hægri handar Kraftarins, xxvi. 64. krafta-verk, n. (Gr. δυνάμις), ‘power-work,’ a miracle, N. T. passim; for jartein (q. v.) is not Biblical, Magn. 430:—in plur. powers, supernatural, whence krapta-skáld, n. a ‘power-scald,’ a poet whose song has a magical power, see Ísl. Þjóðs.: physical, bodily strength, hafa mikla krafta, to be strong; litla krapta, to be weak.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- prob.
- probably.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Gr.
- Greek.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- plur.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu saga. (F. III.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Magn.
- Magnús saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.