rosm
nafnorð, karlkyn
rosm-hvalr
m. [Ivar Aasen rosmaal; Engl. wal-rus and A. S. bors-hwæl are prob. corrupt forms of the same word: it is not known how the former part of the compd is to be explained]:—a walrus, Jb. 310, K. Þ. K. 112, Bs. i. 641; and in local names, Rosmhvala-nes, in Icel., whence Rosm-hvelingar, m. pl. the men from R., Sturl. i. 224: rosm-hvalr and rostungr are synonymous, so that in the Jb. some MSS. have the one word, some the other.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Engl.
- English.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- prob.
- probably.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- MSS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)