skálm
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f. a short sword, Hom. 14, Gkv. 2. 19, Fas. ii. 229, Ld. 214, Hkr. iii. 150, Fb. i. 259, ii. 138, Fas. i. 56 sqq., Fms. vi. 402, Grett. 140, Band, (in a verse); ryð-skálm.
- II.
one part of a cloven thing; hann tók upp birki-rapt mikinn, ok reiddi um öxl svá at hann hélt um skálmirnar, … raptrinn gékk í sundr í skálmunum, Eb. 324; skálma-tré, a cleft tree, Pr. 421; buxna-skálm, one leg of a pair of breeches.
- III.
[cp. skálpr; old Swed. skafl], a bean-pod; bauna-skálmir, Barl. 46.
- IV.
a pr. name of a mare, Landn.
- V.
the word occurs in the local names, Skálmar-dalr, -fjörðr, -nes, Landn.; but may not such names be derived from the cloven shape of the firths or the fells?
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- sqq.
- following.
- cp.
- compare.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hom.
- Hómilíu-bók. (F. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)