óskabyrr
nafnorðkarlkynóska-byrr
a wind to one’s mind, a fair wind to one’s heart’s content, 2. 30; the word may have a mythical bearing, as in the tale of Odd the Archer, who had but to hoist the sail to have a fair wind whithersoever he wished—a popular legend analogous to Homer’s x.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Od.Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.