Yrða

vermsl

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

n. [vesl, Ivar Aasen], a spring that never freezes; at hón hafi lagizk af vermslum nökkurum at drekka, Fms. vi. 350: hence the mod. Icel. kalda-vesla, qs. kalda-vermsl, ‘cold-warm,’ of wells that do not freeze all the winter, although icy-cold.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
mod.
modern.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
qs.
quasi.

Tilvitnuð rit

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)