skeggi
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m., pl. skeggjar, in the compds, eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-shaggies,’ i. e. islanders, freq. in the Sagas, prob. originally a sort of soubriquet, owing to the notion that islanders were more rough and wild in their habits than other men; the word is particularly used of the Faroe islanders, Fær., Ó. H.: cp. Götu-skeggjar, the name of a family from Gata in Faroe; Mostrar-skeggr, the nickname of Thorolf of Moster, an island in Norway, Eb., Landn.; cp. hraun-skeggi, the man of the wilderness, Fs.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- i. e.
- id est.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- prob.
- probably.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fær.
- Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)