orf
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n., also spelt orb, the stock or pole of a scythe, Fms. iii. 206, Fs. 106 (in a verse); orf-hæll, m. the peg or handle by which the orf is held, Safn i. 108; see a drawing in Eggert Itin., tab. viii, fig. 1: poët. orba-stríðir and orf-þægir, m. a mower: freq. in mod. usage, lang-orf, stutt-orf, a long, short stock.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- poët.
- poetically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Safn
- Safn til sögu Íslands.
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.