linnr
nafnorð, karlkyn
m. [cp. Germ. lind-wurm], a serpent, only in poetry, see Lex. Poët. passim; as also in circumlocutions, the serpent of the shield = a sword; the serpent of the arm = a bracelet.
COMPDS: linn-ból, -setr, -vegr, -vengi, a serpent’s lair, seat, way, field, = gold, Lex. Poët.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.