leir
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
n., as in leirinu, Stj. 72, 414; með góðu leiri ok seigu, Sks. 417; leirit, Fms. ix. 511, v. l. In mod. usage leirr, m., which also occurs in Fms. ix. 511 (leirrinn); grár leirr, Orkn. 374 (in a verse); leirinum, Fb. i. 354, Orkn. 336, but leirinu öllu two lines below; leirnum, Fas. iii. 583; leirinn, Orkn. 374 (Fb.); thus the older vellums prefer the neut., the later the masc.; [Dan. leer; Swed. ler; Scot. lair]:—clay, earth, loam, but also mud, esp. on the beach, passim, see the references above: in plur. leirar = leira (q. v.)
- II.
metaph. and poët., arnar leir, ‘eagle’s mud’ = bad poetry, referring to the legend told in the Edda 49, alluded to in Gd. 2, Sturl. ii. 56 (in a verse); as also in mod. usage, whence leir-skáld, n. a poetaster: local names, Leir-á, Leir-vík, etc.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- mod.
- modern.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- neut.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- masc.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- esp.
- especially.
- plur.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)