Sporðr

Signification du mot vieux norrois "sporðr"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois sporðr peut signifier :sporðr

sporðr

m. a fish’s tail; s. sem á fiski, Sks. 167; hrygg höfuð ok sporð, n. G. l. i. 59. Gþl. 459: of a serpent, Fms. x. 407; hann (the world serpent) bitr í sporð sér, Edda: hence of a ship with dragon heads at her bows, the stern is called sporðr, var á stafni visundar-höfuð, en aptr sporðr, Hkr. iii. 25: phrases, standa e-m; á sporði, to be a match for, metaph. from fighting a dragon; vitr maðr ertú. svá at fáir munu standa á sporði þér, Nj. 244; mun engi maðr þá þér á sporði þér standa, 111; þessa menn er nú hafa mjök yðr á sporði staðit, who have withstood you, hampered you, 655 xiii. B. 2: víta hvárki höfuð né sporð á e-u, to know neither the head nor the tail of a thing, know nothing about it.

sporðr

2. metaph. the tail or pointed end of a shield (the oblong shield, skjaldar-sporðr): hjó í skjöldinn ok af sporðinn, Nj. 200, Fs. 135:—of a bridge, brúar-sporðr, a bridge’s end (see brú): bryggju-sporðr, bygðar-s., outskirts, Skáld H. sporða-köst, n. pl. the flapping of a fish, salmon, Bb.

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