ágætr
lýsingarorðá-gætr
[v. the words above, from á- and geta—gat—gátu, to get and to record; the old etymology in glossaries of the last century from the Greek αγαθός cannot be admitted], famous, goodly, excellent; á. maðr um allt land, 106; á. at afli, 19; ágætir gimsteinar, precious stones, i. 15; á. skjöldr, 705; compar, mun hann verða ágætari (more famous) en allir þínir frændr, i. 256; , ágætaztr, 282, 311; ágæztr, , 5, 14, vii. 95, 53. In the ‘maðr ágætr’ is used in a peculiar sense, a noble man, nearly synonymous to gæðingr in the Orkneys, or hersir in Norway, 143, 149, 169, 190, 198, 201, 203, 279, 281, 308, 312; hersir á., 173, ; also I.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- intens.intensive.
- superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
- contr.contracted.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- viz.namely.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- etc.et cetera.
- cp.compare.
- ch.chapter.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Greg.Gregory. (F. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Kristni S.Kristni saga. (D. I. III.)