nes
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
n., gen. pl. nesja, dat. nesjum, [A. S. næs; Engl. ness; Germ. nase; Lat. nasus = nose; as also nös nasar, = the nostrils, are kindred words]:—a ness projecting into the sea or a lake; undir nesi einu, Nj. 43; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, Eg. 129; nesit þat er fram gékk í sjóinn, Fbr. 89 new Ed.; vatn þat er nes liggr í, Ísl. ii. 345: even of a river (= oddi), Nj. 95, 96; ann-nes or and-nes, q. v.: of a slip of land, búar skulu rétta merki, ok jamna þar nesjum saman, Grág. ii. 262, 263.
- II.
freq. in local names, Nes, in plur. and sing. Nesjum, and in compds, Álpta-nes, Laugar-nes, Langa-nes, Mjóva-nes, Suðr-nes, Norð-nes, Landn., Fms., and map of Iceland; in Norway, Nesjar, f. pl. (see Gramm. p. xxvii, col. 2), whence Nesja-bardagi, -orusta, the battle of N., fought on Palm Sunday, A. D. 1014; Nesja-vísur, a song on the battle of N., Ó. H.: in Scotland, Kata-nes, and Nes, = Caithness, Orkn. passim; austr á Nesjum, Fms. ix. 421, of the coast of Scotland as seen from the Isle of Man; as also in many Engl. and Scot. local names.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- plur.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- sing.
- eintala (e. singular)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)