Melr

Altnordisches Wörterbuch - melr

Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "melr"

Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:

Das altnordische Wort melr kann bedeuten:melr

melr
m., pl. melar, a kind of wild oats, esp. bent-grass, arundo arenaria, growing in sandy soil; it is esp. found in Skaptafells-sýsla and in Mýra-sýsla (near to Hitarnes and Akrar), cp. Bjarn. 22, which probably refers to cutting this grass, cp. Eggert Itin. §§ 490, 813; þeir leiddu hesta sína undir melbakka ok skáru fyrir þá melinn at þeir dæi eigi af sulti, Nj. 265; átta tigir mels í Hátuninga mcl, D. I. i. 199.
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II. a sand-hill grown with bent-grass (such hills are called dunes or denes in E. Anglia, links on the n. E. coast); then, generally, a sand-bank, whether overgrown or bare; ríða eptir melunum, fram melana; á melunum með ánni; þar eru melar brattir ok lausgrýttir, … ok hrundu þeim af melunum, Glúm. 394, 395; ok er hann kom á mela þá … þá settisk hann á melinn … þá hratt Lambi honum fyrir melinn ofan á sandinn, Eg. 746, 748; ganga fram á mel nokkurn, Ld. 62; þá ríðr hann undir melinn, Gísl. 19; á sandmel þeim er þar verðr, Ó. H. 226; þar sem sandmelar tveir rauðir stóðu, … undir enum syðra melnum, Landn. 77, Gísl. 23.
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III. freq. in Icel. local names, Melr, Melar, Mela-hverfi, Mela-sveit, whence Mela-menn or Mel-menn (Nj. 151), Rauði-melr; Rauðmelingar, the men from Mel and R., Landn.
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COMPDS: melasól, melbakki, meldýna, melgras, melkarl, melrakki, melrakkabelgr, melrakkaveiðr, Melrakka-dalr, -nes, -slétta, Landn., FbR., melteigr, meltorfa.

Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᛘᛁᛚᚱ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet

Verwendete Abkürzungen:

cp.
compare.
esp.
especially.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
R.
Rimur.

Zitierte Werke & Autoren:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
D. I.
Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
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