skratti
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Merkingar
older form skrati, as seen from rhymes, latr skrati; [akin to Swed. skratta = to laugh loud and harshly; Dan. skrade = crepare]:—a wizard, warlock; sú segir spár sínar sem völfur ok skrattar forðum, Blanda; seið-skratti (q. v.), a wizard who works charms; the Swed. skratta refers to the strange noises with which the enchanter works (seið-læti); skratta-sker, the name of a rock on which wizards were exposed to die, Fms. ii. 142; hann síðdi þar ok var kallaðr skratti, x. 378.
- 2.
a goblin, monster; in vatna-skratti, a water-sprite, sea-monster, see Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 138, provinc. in the south of Icel. for sjó-skrímsli: a giant, ogre, Edda (Gl.); in mod. usage a devil, imp, skrattinn fór at skapa mann, a ditty; skratta-atgangr, Fas. ii. 519; skrattans- so and so, in oaths; karl-skratti, an evil churl, Háv. 38 new Ed.; kvenn-skratti, a hag, fury. skratt-hanki, a nickname, Fms. viii.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- mod.
- modern.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar saga. (D. II.)