Yrða

rakkr

lýsingarorð

Merkingar

adj. [Dan. rank = slender, of stature], prop. straight, slender; sé ek at þú heldr nokkut rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu, Ölk 36; rökk brúðr, slender, Orkn. (in a verse); rökk drós, Bs. ii. (in a verse).

  1. 2.

    metaph. upright, courageous, bold; but hardly used except in poetry, vera rakkr at húsum (better rækinn, v. l.), Sks. 92 new Ed.; rakkr þengill, Sighvat: freq. in poët. compds, fólk-r., dáð-r., Lex. Poeuml;t.: and used in prose in hug-rakkr, bold, hence is derived rekkr, q. v.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

adj.
lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
Dan.
Danish.
prop.
proper, properly.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v. l.
varia lectio.
Ed.
edition, editions, edited.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
poët.
poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.

Tilvitnuð rit

Orkn.
Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
Sks.
Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)