áma
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, (and ámu-sótt, ) erysipelas, ii. 116; in common talk corrupted into heimakona or heimakoma.
2. a giantess, (Gl.); hence the play of words in the saying, gengin er gygr or fæti en harðsperra aptr komin, gone is the giantess (erysipelas), but a worse (sceloturbe) has come after.3. a tub, awme, ahm.4. in Norse dialects the larva is called aama (v. ); and ámu-maðkr, spelt ánu-maðkr, a kind of maggot, lumbricus terrestris, is probably rightly referred to this. ix. states that it has this name from its being used to cure erysipelas.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- poët.poetically.
- Germ.German.
- mod.modern.
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fél.Félags-rit.