Þorri
Fornnordisk Ordbok - þorri
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "þorri"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
Fornnordiskt ord þorri kan betyda:þorri
- þorri
- a, m. [perh. from þverra þorrinn = the month of the waning or ‘ebbing’ winter]:—the name of the fourth winter month, the first after mid-winter; of thirty days, beginning on a Friday and ending on a Saturday inclusively; in the old calendar Þorri is entered as beginning between the 9th and 16th of Jan., and the next month, Góe (q. v.), between the 8th and 15th of Feb., see H. E. i. 595; but in the new style, in Icel. Almanack, the first day of Thorri, 1873, is Friday, Jan. 24, and the last, Saturday, Feb. 22; mið-þorri, the middle of the month Th., Edda 103, Grág. ii. 306, Rb. 46, Landn. 324: the name of this month is still the common term in Icel., the names of Jan. and Feb. being almost unknown in Icelandic country life; Þorra-dægrin þykja löng | þegar hann blæs á norðan, a ditty, see Gói. For the mythical origin of this month, see Orkn. (begin.) and Fb. i. 21, 22.
- þorri
- COMPDS: Þorrablót, Þorrakyrrur, Þorramánuðr, Þorraþræll.
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Förkortningar som används:
- begin.
- beginning.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)