Ná-bjargir

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

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Definitioner

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1 ná-bjargir

f. pl. ‘lyke-help,’ see nár; in the phrase, veita e-m nábjargir, to lend one ‘lyke-help,’ i. e. to close the eyes, mouth, and nostrils of a person immediately after death; hví hefir þú eigi veitt honum nábjargir er opnar eru nasirnar, why hast thou not lent him the ‘lyke-help,’ for the nostrils are open? Nj. 154; hann bað hvern varask at ganga framan at honum meðan honum vóru eigi nábjargir veittar, Eb. 70; hann lagði hann niðr í setið ok veitti honum þá nábjargir, Eg. 398, Bret. 32; cp. the Gr. ἰδων δε ὑ Κρίτων ξυνέλαβε το στόμα τε και τους ὀφθαλμούς (but not the nostrils as in the Northern rite), Plato’s Phaedo (sub fine); whereas with the Norsemen the closing the nostrils was indispensable, whence the phrase, lúka nösum, to have the nostrils shut = to die, see nös (nasar).

Liknande ord

Runskrift

ná-bjargir

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

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

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Vanliga förkortningar

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
Gr.: Greek.
i. e.: id est.
l.: Linnæus.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
sing: singular.

Verk & Författare

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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