átt
nafnorðkvenkyn
1. a family, race, v. ætt and compds; for a fuller account of this word see ætt, p. 760.2. and ætt, , áttir and ættir [ acht = ager, praedium, a rare and obsolete word in ], plaga caeli, quarter; just as quarter refers to the number four, so átt seems to refer to eight: átt properly means that part of the horizon which subtends an arc traversed by the sun in the course of three hours; thus defined,—meðan sól veltist urn átta ættir, 54; ok þat eru þá þrjár stundir dags er sól veltist um eina sett, id.; the names of the eight áttir are, útnorðr á., north-west; norðr á., north; landnorðr á., north-east; austr a., east; landsuðr á., south-east; suðr á., south; útsuðr á., south-west; vestr á., west; four of which (the compounds) are subdivisions; átt is therefore used of the four only, Loki görði þar hús ok fjórar dyrr, at hann mátti sjá ór húsinu í allar áttir, … to all ( four) sides, 39: or it is used generally, from all sides, þá drífr snær ór öllum áttum, 40; drífa þeir til ór öllum áttum (= hvaðanæva), i. 33; norðrætt, 4, 23; hence a verb átta, að; á. sik, to find the true quarter, to set oneself right, Fr. s’orienter.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Germ.German.
- Lat.Latin.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- i. e.id est.
- mod.modern.
- cp.compare.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)