padda
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
u, f. [A. S. pada; Dutch padde; Engl. paddock]:—a toad; ormar, eðlur, froskar, ok pöddur, snakes, lizards, frogs, and toads, Fms. x. 380; mýss ok ormar, eðlur ok pöddur, Ó. H. 109; ekki eitrkvikindi, hvárki ormr né padda, Sks. 88, MS. 623. 26; þar eru eigi höggormar, froskr né padda, there are neither snakes, frogs, nor toads, viz. in Ireland, referring to the tale of St. Patrick,—a legend taken from a popular etymology of the saint’s name, qs. ‘padd-reaker,’ toad-driver.
- 2.
in Icel., where no amphibia are found, used of any insects or beetles in pools or foul water.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- MS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- viz.
- namely.
- qs.
- quasi.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)