Yrða

skegg

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

Merkingar

n. [Engl. shaggy is akin, but in the sense of the beard the word is peculiar to the Scandin. languages, which use barð (q. v.) in a different sense; Dan. skæg; Swed. skägg]:—a beard, prop. originally = shagginess, Þkv. 1, Rm. 15; honum óx eigi skegg, Nj. 30, Fms. ii. 59; stutt skegg ok snöggvan kaup, … jaðar-skegg, Sks. 288; kanpa ok skegg, K. Þ. K.; hón sér undir skegg Hagbarði, Korm. 12: phrases, Úlfarr vatt við skegginu, Eb. 164; skríða undir skegg e-m, to hide behind another’s beard, Fs. 31; konu skegg, a woman’s beard, Germ. Kaisers-bart, cp. Edda 19; höggva skeggi niðr, to bite the dust, Fms. xi. (in a verse); meðan upp heldr skeggi, as long as we can stand upright, Orkn. (in a verse); höggvask til skeggjum, to put beards together, Grett. (in a verse).

  1. II.

    = barð (q. v.), the cutwater, beak, of a ship; var skegg á ofanverðu barðinu, Fms. ii. 310; flaugar-skegg.

  2. III.

    in pr. names, Skeggi, Járn-skeggi, Skegg-broddi, Landn., Ó. H.; Skegg-bragi, Skegg-ávaldi or Ávaldi skegg, Fs.

  3. B.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
Engl.
English.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
q. v.
quod vide.
Dan.
Danish.
Swed.
Swedish.
prop.
proper, properly.
Germ.
German.
cp.
compare.
pr.
proper, properly.
COMPDS
samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Þkv.
Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Korm.
Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
Grett.
Grettis saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)