ákvæði
nafnorðhvorugkyná-kvæði
1. an uttered opinion; mun ek nú segja yðr hvat mitt á. er, 189, i. 65 C; atkvæði (better): a command, 312, 208; með ákvæðum, expressly, 235: atkvæði.2. in popular tales and superstition it is specially used of spells or charms: fatum from fari; also atkvæði: the use prefers ákvæði in this sense, hence ákvæða-skáld, a spell-skald, a poet whose words have a magical power, also called kraptaskald; v. I, where many such poets are mentioned; indeed any poet of mark was believed to possess the power to spell-bind with his verses; The tales about Orpheus.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- mod.modern.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.