kringla

nafnorð, kvenkyn

u, f. a disk, circle, orb; hjólanna kringlur, Stj. 288; kringla heims, kringla jarðar, the disk of the eartb, Sks. 194, 200, 626, Hkr. (init.); með hvelum ok kringlum, Str. 17: the name of a MS., from its initial word, given to it by Torfæus, whence the mod. Heimskringla, the Globe, = the Book of the Kings of Norway, commonly ascribed to Snorri; the name first occurs in the Ed. of Peringsköld (A. D. 1697), and was unknown before that time: skoppara-k., a top.

COMPDS:

kringluauga,
kringluleitr,
kringluskurðr,
kringlusótt.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

f.: kvenkyn (e. feminine)
MS.: manuscript, manuscripts.
mod.: modern.
Ed.: edition, editions, edited.
A. D.: Anno Domini.
COMPDS: samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sks.: Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)