LAX

Oldnordisk ordbogsopslag

Definitioner

1 LAX

m. [Scot. lax; O. H. G. lahs; Germ. lachs; Dan. laks; Swed. lax]:—a salmon, Edda 40, 72, Nj. 69, Fs. 35, 164, Fb. i. 539, passim: the male lax is called hæingr (contr. hængr), cp. goð-lax, q. v. In Lent it was forbidden even to mention meat by name, and hence at that season people called it jestingly klauf-lax, ‘cloven-hoofed salmon,’ see the story told in Maurer’s Volks. 207, 208.

2 LAX

II. freq. in Icel. local names, Lax-á, f. = Laxwater, Salmon water, a name of many rivers; whence Laxár-dalr, m. Laxwaler dale, and Lax-dælir, m. pl. the men from L.: Laxdæla-Saga, u, f. the Saga of L., Eb. 334, Grett. 15 new Ed., Fms. ii. 257.

3 LAX

COMPDS: laxafiski, laxakast.

Runeindskrift

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Anvendte forkortelser

Almindelige forkortelser

ch: chapter.
contr.: contracted.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
q. v.: quod vide.
Scot.: Scottish.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Værker & Forfattere

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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