Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

And-sælis

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

2 Definitioner

1 and-sælis

in common talk andhælis, adv. [sól], against the course of the sun (cp. the Scot. ‘widdershins,’ that is, going against the sunshine or the sun’s light, a direction universally considered both in England and Scotland to be most unlucky; see the quot. in Jamieson sub voce), Ísl. ii. 154, Rb. 134; esp. used of witches and ‘uncanny’ appearances; þat gékk öfugt um húsit ok a., it went backwards about the house and against the sun’s course, Eb. 268, Gísl. 33, cp. Fs. (Vd.) 43, 59; hon gékk öfug a. um tréit, ok hafði þar yfir mörg röm ummæli, Grett. 151.

2 and-sælis

β. ansælis or andhælis is used of everything that goes backwards, wrong, or perversely; cp. andærr and andæris.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

and-sælis

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "and-sælis" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

adv: adverb.
adv.: adverb.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
gl: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
p.: page.
Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.

Verk & Författare

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Vd.: Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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