Fjall

Fornnordisk Ordbok - fjall

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "fjall"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

Fornnordiskt ord fjall kan betyda:fjall

fjall
n., pl. fjöll, [a Scandin. word, Swed. fjäll, Dan. fjæld, but wanting in the Germ. and Saxon, not even used in the Ormul., but freq. in North. E. and Scot., where it is of Dan. origin]:—a fell, mountain, Nj. 25, Hkr. i. 228, Grett. 149, in endless instances: in the phrase, það gengr fjöllunum hæra, it mounts higher than the fells, cries to heaven, of injustice: in allit. phrases, fjöll og firnindi, fells and deserts (vide finnerni); fjall eðr fjörðr, fells or firths, Hm. 117, n. G. l. i. 117: the pl. fjöll is used of a mountain with many peaks, Eyja-fjöll, Vaðla-fjöll, Hafnar-fjöll, Fbr.; but Akra-fjall, Fagraskógar-fjall, of a single mountain: the pl. is also used of a chain of mountains, thus, Alpa-fjöll, the Alps; Pyrenea-fjöll, the Pyrenees; but Dofra-fjall, the Dofra range in Norway: in biblical names it is usually prefixed, e. g. fjallið Sinaí, fjallið Horeb, etc.; but also Gilboa-fjöll, Sam. Sálm. 2. 1, prob. for the sake of euphony: fjall is also used κατ΄ εξ., and as a pr. noun, of the Alps, in the phrase, fyrir norðan fjall, i. e. Germany north of the Alps; sunnan um fjall, i. e. Italy; the German emperor is called keisari fyrir norðan fjall, Fms. ix. 229, x. 101, Landn. 24, Fas. i. 223; Norway is also divided into sunnan fjall (i. e. Dofre) and norðan fjall; in mod. Norse, Norden-fjælds og Sönden-fjælds, Fms. x. 3.
fjall
COMPDS: fjallabak, fjalladalr, fjallafé, fjallagol, fjallagrös, fjallaklofi, fjallalæða, fjallasýn, fjallatindr, fjallsbrún, fjallshlíð, fjallshyrna, fjallshæðir, fjallsmúli, fjallsrætr, fjallsöxl.

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allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
Dan.
Danish.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
etc.
et cetera.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ.
German.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
Ormul.
Ormulum.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper, properly.
prob.
probably.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Verk & författare citerade:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
➞ Se alla verk som citeras i ordboken

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