ábristir
nafnorðkvenkyná-bristir
corrupt for ábistir (see p. 481, col. 1), beist, beestings; the á- is a from ær, a ewe: the word therefore meant sheep’s beestings, but came to be used as a general term; the word is a household word in , but seems not to be found in ancient poets; Pét. speaks of heitar ‘ábristur.’
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- cp.compare.
- Goth.Gothic.
- Engl.English.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- prop.proper, properly.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Hallgr.Hallgrímr Pétrsson.