áttræðr
lýsingarorðátt-ræðr
[for the numbers twenty to seventy the Icel, say tvítugr, … sjautugr; but for eighty to one hundred and twenty, áttræðr, níræðr, tíræðr, tólfræðr].
1. temp, numbering eighty years of age, (hálfáttræðr, that of seventy-six to eighty): á. karl, an octogenarian, 150. Eighty years of age is the terminus ultimus in the eyes of the law; an octogenarian is no lawful witness; he cannot dispose of land or priesthood (goðorð) without the consent of his heir; if he marries without the consent of his lawful heir, children begotten of that marriage are not to inherit his property, ; ef maðr kvángast er á. er eðr ellri, , i. 178; á. maðr né ellri skal hvárki selja land né gorðorð undan erfingja sinum, nema hann megi eigi eiga fyrir skuld, 224; ef maðr nefnir vátta … mann tólf vetra gamlan eðr ellra … áttröðan eðr yngra, ii. 20.2. measuring eighty fathoms (ells …) in height, breadth, depth …: also of a ship with eighty oars [ Germ, ruder], 599, 108; vide áttærr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- etc.et cetera.
- loc.local, locally.
- cp.compare.
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)