reynir
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
- 1.
m. a trier, examiner, Edda 68, Lex. Poët.
- 2.
m. [Dan. rönne], the rowan-tree (Lat. ornus), Edda passim. In a few Icel. local names, Reynir, Reyni-kelda, Reyni-nes, Reyni-staðr, Reyni-vellir, Landn., Map of Icel.; these names mark places with small rowan-groves at the time of the Settlement,—the only sort of tree, except the dwarf birch, which was found in Icel.
COMPDS: reyni-lundr, runnr, m. a rowan-grove, Edda 60, Sturl. i. 5, 6, Grett (in a verse). reyni-viðr, m. rowan-wood, Sturl. i. 6. reyni-vöndr, m. a rowan-wand, Sturl. i. 6. The rowan was a holy tree consecrated to Thor, see the tale in Edda of the rowan as the help of Thor (Þors-björg); for mod. legends of the rowan see Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 641 sqq.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- mod.
- modern.
- sqq.
- following.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.