ágæti
nafnorðhvorugkyná-gæti
renown, glory, excellence; göra e-t til ágætis sér, as a glory to himself, xi. 72, 109; reyna á. e-s, to put one on his trial, 142; þú hyggr at engu öðru en ákafa einum ok á., o nly bent upon rushing on and shewing one’s prowess, 389; vegr ok á., fame and glory, i. 140, 241. In glorious deeds; mikil á. vóni sögð frá Gunnari, 41: in the phrase, göra e-t at ágætum, to laud, praise highly, viii. 139, vii. 147: in the proverb, hefir hverr til sins ágætis nokkuð, every one’s fame rests upon some deed of his own, no one gets his fame for naught, the context implies, a n d thou ha s t done what will make thee famous, 116.
2. in ágætis- and ágæta- are prefixed to a great many words, in use, to express something capital, excellent; ágæta-skjótr, very swift, vii. 169; ágæta-vel, excellently well, 218: and even to substantives, ágæta-gripr and ágætis-gripr, a capital thing, ix. 416, x. 254, 202; ágæta-naut, a fine ox, 318; ágætis-maðr, a great man, 324, vii. 102, xi. 329.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- esp.especially.
- mod.modern.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)