leiptr
nafnorð, kvenkyn
sjá einnig leiptr nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
f., pl. leiptrir, Hkv. 1. 15; gen. sing. leiptrar, 2. 29; but in mod. usage neut.:—lightning, Sks. 203, passim in mod. usage.
- 2.
in poetry; hræ-l., ‘carrion-lightning’ = a sword; or víg-l., ‘war-lightning,’ id.; alnar-l., ‘arm-lightning’ = gold; enni-leiptr, the ‘brow-lightning’ = the eye, see Lex. Poët.; leiptra hrót, the ‘lightning-roof’ = the sky, Harms.: leiptr is the name of a sword, Edda (Gl.)
- II.
the name of a myth. river, cp. the Gr. Πυριφλεγέθων, Gm.: an oath sworn by this river, Hkv. 2. 29.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- sing.
- eintala (e. singular)
- mod.
- modern.
- neut.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)