rafr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m., pl. rafir and rafar, amber; in raf-kastandi. rastar raf, sea amber, of which necklaces were made, Lex. Poët., cp. Tacit. Germ. ch. 45.
- II.
metaph. the amber-like fat and fins of a flounder hung up to dry and eaten as a dainty; rikling ok rafi, Sturl. i. 164, v. l.; einn gildr rafr, D. N. v. 616; sex rafi, i. 183; rafa, riklinga, N. G. L. iii. 119: in mod. usage it is called rafa-belti, n. the belt or round of the fins, Dipl. iii. 4. rafa-kollr, m. a nickname, Sturl.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- ch.
- chapter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)