ámáttigr
lýsingarorðám-áttigr
[ old amahtig = infirmus], ámátkir, ámáttkar, , used in poetry as an epithet of witches and giants, in the same sense as ámátligr, 8, Hjör. 17. Egilsson translates by praepotens, which seems scarcely right.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- contr.contracted.
- etc.et cetera.
- prob.probably.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)