seyra
nafnorð, kvenkyn
u, f. [from saurr in its oldest sense = bogs and moorland]:—prop., as it seems, starvation, famine; only in the allit. phrase, sultr ok seyra, hunger and starvation, Yngl. S. ch. 18, Fms. viii. 181, ix. 51, Stj. 212, and in mod. usage; cp. the analogous word horr, which means both Lat. sordes and macies; land-seyra, q. v.; sopa-seyra, a sip of the dregs, Jón Þorl.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- ch.
- chapter.
- mod.
- modern.
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.