kveita
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
- 1.
u, f. [kveite, Ivar Aasen], a halibut, flounder (heilag-fiski); kalt vatn augum en kveita (kvett or kveit. MS.) tönnum, lérept líki, in the Merman’s song, Fas. ii. 33; this is prob. the meaning of the word in this much-contested passage, and not as suggested in Aarb. (1866) 377.
- 2.
tt, a false form for kneyta, Fas. ii. 131.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- MS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)