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nafnorðkvenkyná-girnd
in old writers always for greed of power or passion generally:
α. ambition, 113 B, ix. 460; á. ok ofsi, greed and insolence, viii. 195, 143, 145, 146.β. passion; ágirndar-logi, 424; á. blindleiki, bli n d passion (in love), i. 505, 655 xxx; thirst for revenge, 739.γ. since the Reformation it has been exclusively used of avarice or greed of gain; in old writers the signification is more general; we, however, find á. fjár, 68; hann hafði dregit undir sik Finnskattinn með á., vii. 129.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
  • H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
  • Hom.Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)