svell
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
n. swollen ice, a lump of ice; mikit svell var hlaupit upp, Nj. 144; svell þrútnar upp hjá garði, Grág. ii. 283; svelli ok hjarni var steypt yfir alla jörð, Fms. ii. 228: in mod. usage ‘svell’ is ice with solid ground beneath, ‘iss’ ice on water: poët., handar svell, the ice of the hand, i. e. gold; sárs, dreyra, fetla svell, ‘wound-ice,’ i. e. weapons, Lex. Poët.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- i. e.
- id est.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.