1 paradís
f. [Gr. παράδεισος; Lat. paradisus], paradise (also paradísa, u, f., Sks. 502, 521 B), Stj. 36, Sks. 521, Niðrst. 8; paradísar-fagnaðr, -sæla, -vist, -grænleikr, Greg. 68, Fms. i. 227, Bs. i. 202, Sks. 580, Pass. 40. 18, Vídal. passim.
2 paradís
II. in local names, Paradísar-hellir, m. the name of a cave in southern Icel., A.A., tab. xii, and Finn Magnússon’s work Rúnamó. In some Icel. farms a grassy hollow or valley (hvammr) close by a dwelling-house is called Paradís, as at Skarð in western Icel.; another called Víti, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 32 sqq.