Elfr
Altnordisches Wörterbuch - elfr
Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "elfr"
Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:
Das altnordische Wort elfr kann bedeuten:elfr
- elfr
- f., gen. elfar, acc. dat. elfi,
- elfr
- 1. a pr. name of the three rivers called Elbe, Lat. Albis, viz. Gaut-Elfr, the Elb of the Gauts (a Scandin. people) = the River Gotha of the present time; Sax-E., the Elb of the Saxons, the Elbe; Raum-E., the Elb of the Raums (a people in Norway), i. e. the present Glommen and Wormen, Bær. 3, Nj. 42. Fms. i. 6, ii. 128, iii. 40, iv. 121, ix. 350, 393, 401, x. 292: Elfar-bakki, the bank of one of these Elbes, Bær. 3, Fms. ix. 269, 274; Elfinar-bakki, Fms. i. 19;, of the river Ochil in Scotland, is a false reading = Ekkjals-bakki, vide Orkn. 12.
- elfr
- COMPDS: Elfargrímar, Elfarkvíslir, Elfarsker.
- elfr
- 2. meton. used of any great river, (rare in Icel. but freq. in mod. Dan.)
Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᛁᛚᚠᚱ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet
Verwendete Abkürzungen:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- meton.
- metonomy, metonomically.
- mod.
- modern.
Zitierte Werke & Autoren:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)