ákafi
nafnorðkarlkyná-kafi
a, [ákafr], eagerness, vehemence; þá görðist svá mikill á. á, at …, it went to such an excess, that…, 62, i. 35, xi. 389; með á. miklum, vehemently, 457; í ákafa, adverbially, eagerly, impetuously, 70, xi. 117.
2. the ákafa is prefixed,
α. to a great many adjectives, in the sense of a high degree, very, á. reiðr, furious, vii. 32, x. 173; á. fjölmennr, very numerous, Ísl. ii. 171; á. fögr, beautiful (of Helena), 25.β. to some substantives; á. Drífa, a heavy snow drift, iii. 20; á. maðr, an eager, hot, pushing man, 3, i. 19, vii. 257, 100 A: in this case the ákafa may nearly be regarded as an adjective.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- indecl.óbeygjanlegt (e. indeclinable)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Ver.Veraldar saga. (E. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)