neit
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. pl. flour, efflorescence, a απ. λεγ.; neit Menju góð, the costly flour of Menja, i. e. gold, Skv. 3. 50; the word remains, though with a false aspirate, in common Icel. hneita (q. v.), the white efflorescence on seaweed (söl); akin is the Icel. naut. phrase, það hnitar í báru (in a ditty of Pal Vídal.), the waves are white-tipped (as if sprinkled with flour); the explanation given in Lex. Poët., s. v. neit, is prob. erroneous.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- naut.
- nautical.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-postilla.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.