skarfr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [Shetl. scarf; Scot. scart]:—properly the green cormorant, pelicanus graculus, L., Edda (Gl.); topp-skarfr, the crested cormorant, p. ater capite cristato, Eggert Itin. 554; díla-skarfr, the common cormorant, p. carbo, L., Eggcrt Itin. 556, passim: also of other sea-fowl, grá-s., the grey gull, larus canus, L., Eggert Itin. 555:—as a nickname, Dropl. 21, Landn., Dipl. ii. 5.
- II.
freq. in local names, Skarfa-klettr, Skarfa-hóll. skarfa-kál, n., botan. cochlearia, scurvy-grass, Eggert Itin. 321, a plant which grows on rocky sea-shores, good against scorbutic diseases.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- botan.
- botanically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)