Elfr
Dictionnaire vieux norrois - elfr
Signification du mot vieux norrois "elfr"
Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :
Le mot vieux norrois elfr peut signifier :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.)
Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛁᛚᚠᚱ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger
Abréviations utilisées :
- 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.
Œuvres & Auteurs cités :
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)