æ
upphrópun
interj. dolentis; the oldest form was ai (aï), ; [ au, au au; but also ai, so used by Goethe, ich sterbe ai! exactly as in old , Grimm’s Dict. i. 199; αἴ αἴ]:—ah! hann braut rif sín ok lesti öxlina, ok kvað við, ai ai! crying ah ah! 390, ; göróttr er drykkr inn, ai! 118 (certainly so, see p. 41, col. 1 at the bottom); æ þat er veinon, 171: there is a curious play on the words á, sounded ā (ovem) and aï,—‘hrútr’ segir hann—þó mun eigi of skipat til ánna (the ewes, ) þeirra er þer nefndut í gær, jarls-menn, þá er þér fenguð áverka, xi. 149: at the present day the sound made by crying out from pain is written æ, sounded aï; whereas the is aü, as in
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- q. v.quod vide.
- Germ.German.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- Gr.Greek.
- v. l.varia lectio.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Dan.Danish.
- Þorf. Karl.Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)
- Sæm.Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)