Lax

Fornnordisk Ordbok - lax

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "lax"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

Fornnordiskt ord lax kan betyda:lax

lax
m. [Scot. lax; O. H. G. lahs; Germ. lachs; Dan. laks; Swed. lax]:—a salmon, Edda 40, 72, Nj. 69, Fs. 35, 164, Fb. i. 539, passim: the male lax is called hæingr (contr. hængr), cp. goð-lax, q. v. In Lent it was forbidden even to mention meat by name, and hence at that season people called it jestingly klauf-lax, ‘cloven-hoofed salmon,’ see the story told in Maurer’s Volks. 207, 208.
lax
II. freq. in Icel. local names, Lax-á, f. = Laxwater, Salmon water, a name of many rivers; whence Laxár-dalr, m. Laxwaler dale, and Lax-dælir, m. pl. the men from L.: Laxdæla-Saga, u, f. the Saga of L., Eb. 334, Grett. 15 new Ed., Fms. ii. 257.
lax
COMPDS: laxafiski, laxakast.

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Förkortningar som används:

contr.
contracted.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
q. v.
quod vide.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
pl.
plural.

Verk & författare citerade:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
➞ Se alla verk som citeras i ordboken

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