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nafnorðkarlkyn
, ýs, ý; [A. S, eow and iw; yew; íwa; eibe]:—the yew-tree; menn kalla ý einn við, 171; ýs angr, the yew’s bale, fire, (in a verse). The ‘yew’ has, strange enough, been omitted from the list of trees in ii. 482, 483.
2. the name of the Rune Y, see introduction.3. [ ταξός = a yew and τόξον = a bow], a bow; yew-wood making good bows, hence the Old custom of planting yew-trees in church-yards to furnish bows for the parish; sveigja ý, to bend a bow, ; ýr dregsk, the bow is bent, (); ý bendum skutu, the shot from the bent bow, ; ýs bifvangr, the bow’s shivering mansion, the hand, Kormak: as also ý-setr and ý-stétt, the bow-seat—the hand: ý-skelflr, the bow-shaker, an archer, : ý-glöð, the ‘yew-glad,’ poét, the shaft, ii. 494: ý-bogi (), a yew-bow: ý-dróg, the bow-string, : ý-drótt (), archers: Ý-dalir, in. Yew-dales, the home of the god Ullr, the great archer,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- Engl.English.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- i. e.id est.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.compare.
- Gr.Greek.
- lit.literally.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- q. v.quod vide.
- poët.poetically.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Höfuðl.Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Hallgr.Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)