Yrða

lax

nafnorð, karlkyn

Merkingar

m. [Scot. lax; O. H. G. lahs; Germ. lachs; Dan. laks; Swed. lax]:—a salmon, Edda 40, 72, Nj. 69, Fs. 35, 164, Fb. i. 539, passim: the male lax is called hæingr (contr. hængr), cp. goð-lax, q. v. In Lent it was forbidden even to mention meat by name, and hence at that season people called it jestingly klauf-lax, ‘cloven-hoofed salmon,’ see the story told in Maurer’s Volks. 207, 208.

  1. II.

    freq. in Icel. local names, Lax-á, f. = Laxwater, Salmon water, a name of many rivers; whence Laxár-dalr, m. Laxwaler dale, and Lax-dælir, m. pl. the men from L.: Laxdæla-Saga, u, f. the Saga of L., Eb. 334, Grett. 15 new Ed., Fms. ii. 257.

COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)
Scot.
Scottish.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
Germ.
German.
Dan.
Danish.
Swed.
Swedish.
contr.
contracted.
cp.
compare.
q. v.
quod vide.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)
pl.
fleirtala (e. plural)
Ed.
edition, editions, edited.
COMPDS
samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)