Yrða

murta

nafnorð, kvenkyn

u, f. [Swed. mört = cyprinus rutilus, see Ivar Aasen], a kind of small trout, as also of any small fish; steldú ekki murtu mús, Snót 268; silungs-m., fisk-m.; the word seems to occur in Eyvind’s verse Hkr. i. 185, vita ef murtur (not murur or mútur) verði falar vinum mínum, for the poet was going to purchase a herring: hence murtr, m. and murti, a, m. a nickname = a little fellow, Sturl., Orkn.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)
Swed.
Swedish.
m.
karlkyn (e. masculine)

Tilvitnuð rit

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Snót
Snót, poems.
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)