Dumba
Fornnordisk Ordbok - dumba
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "dumba"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
- dumba
- u, f. a mist; cp. the mod. dumbungr, m. a dark, misty, gloomy sky. dumbungs-veðr, m. gloomy weather. In the east of Icel. dumba is the bran of oats when ground, Fél. ii. 155; in Edda (Gl.) it is even mentioned as a sort of seed; hann (the wizard) hristi einn poka, ok þar ór fýkr ein dumba svört (black powder like mist) … blés þar ór vindi miklum móti dumbunni, svá at hon fauk aptr í augu á Gríms mönnum, svá þeir urðu þegar blindir, Fas. iii. 338. dumbr, m. id., also occurs as a name of a giant, the misty; the Polar Sea is called Dumbs-haf = the Misty, Foggy Sea, cp. Bárð. ch. 1; cp. also Gr. τυφος, τυφών, which probably are kindred words.
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Förkortningar som används:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.