Elfr
Fornnordisk Ordbok - elfr
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "elfr"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
Fornnordiskt ord elfr kan betyda: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.)
Möjlig runinskrift i yngre futhark:ᛁᛚᚠᚱ
Yngre futhark-runor användes från 800- till 1200-talet i Skandinavien och deras utländska bosättningar
Förkortningar som används:
- 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.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)