Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Skeggi

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

1 Definitioner

1 skeggi

a, m., pl. skeggjar, in the compds, eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-shaggies,’ i. e. islanders, freq. in the Sagas, prob. originally a sort of soubriquet, owing to the notion that islanders were more rough and wild in their habits than other men; the word is particularly used of the Faroe islanders, Fær., Ó. H.: cp. Götu-skeggjar, the name of a family from Gata in Faroe; Mostrar-skeggr, the nickname of Thorolf of Moster, an island in Norway, Eb., Landn.; cp. hraun-skeggi, the man of the wilderness, Fs.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

skeggi

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

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

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
i. e.: id est.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
orig: original, originally.
p.: page.
part: participle.
pl.: plural.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.

Verk & Författare

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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