val
nafnorð, kvenkyn
val-bráð
Merkingar
f. venison, cp. Germ. wildpret; in melta knáttú móðugr manna valbráðir, Akv. 36.
- 2.
(mod. val-brá), a livid spot on the skin, a ‘port-wine mark,’ medic. Lat. macula, Bs. i. 423 (see foot-note 10, so also vellums of Sturl. l. c.): freq. in mod. usage, e. g. hann hafði valbrá á hægri kinn: in Bs. i. l. c. as the nickname of a person so marked; this mythol. term reminds one of Hel, the northern Hecate, who is represented as black on one side, see Edda.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- mod.
- modern.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)