álpt
nafnorðkvenkyn
more correctly álft, the common í eel. word for swan, cygnus; svan is only ; all local names in which the swan appears, even those of the end of the 9th century, use ‘álpt,’ not ‘svan,’ Álpta-fjörðr, -nes, -mýri, v. the local index to the ; Svanshóll comes from a proper name Svan. Probably akin to albus; the t is Inflexion; the p, instead of f, a mere change of letter; the proverb, þegar hrafninn verðr hvítr en álptin svört, of things that never will happen: álptir, but sometimes, in Norse, elptr or elftr; the change of the original a (alft) into á (álft) is of early date, ii. 338, 346, 132, 57; in all these passages álptir; but elptr, 217, 309. Respecting the mythical origin of the swan, v. 12; they are the sacred birds at the well of Urda.
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- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Lat.Latin.
- poët.poetically.
- fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.compare.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- esp.especially.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)