usli
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m. [A. S. ysla or ysela = fire, embers; a compd form is auvisli (q. v.) qs. af-usli (?); cp. Lat. urere]:—a conflagration, esp. in the allit. eldr ok usli, Fms. i. 201, viii. 341: a field of burning embers, xi. 35: the sense damages (see auvisli) is prob. secondary. usla-gjald or usla-bót, n. compensation for u., N. G. L. i. 246, Gþl. 387; see auvisli.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- qs.
- quasi.
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- esp.
- especially.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- prob.
- probably.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)