Elfr
Dizionario Old Norse - elfr
Significato della parola Old Norse "elfr"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
La parola Old Norse elfr può significare: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.)
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛁᛚᚠᚱ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- 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.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)