orrosta
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
u, f., mod. orosta or orusta, with a single r; in rhymes orrostur þorrinn, Sighvat, shewing that the assimilation had even then taken place: [this word is identical with A. S. eornest = duellum; O. H. G. ernust = pugna: whence Fngl. earnest. Germ. ernst, of which orrosta is an assimilated form, qs. ornosta, see Grimm’s Dict. s. v. ernst]:—a battle, Hm., Nj. 8, Fms. v. 71, vi. 69, in countless instances, for orrosta and bardagi (q. v.) are used indiscriminately.
- 2.
in local names, Orrostu-hólmr, -hváll, -tangi, Battle-hill, etc., Korm., Eg.
COMPDS:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.
- modern.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- qs.
- quasi.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)