Eisa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Eisa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 eisa

að, in the phrase, e. eldum, to shower down embers, Fas. ii. 469: poët., ganga eisandi, to go dashing through the waves, of a ship, Hkv. 1. 2; láta skeiðr e., id., Sighvat; vargr hafs eisar, the sea-wolf (the ship) goes dashing, Edda (in a verse); eisandi uðr, foaming waves, Bs. i. 483 (in a verse), vide Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛁᛋᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
lit.: literally.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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