þömb
nafnorðkvenkyn
, þambar, [ þamba, þembi-; akin to þenja (?); tum-or, tum-idus]:—the womb, guts, but with the notion of being blown-up; ok aum í vömb varð heldr til þörnb, (in a verse), where þömb seems to be a noun, not an adjective.
2. a bow-string, being made of guts, like harp-strings; hence þambar-skelfir or -skelmir, the ‘string-shaker,’ the soubriquet of the famous archer Einar, ; Þambar-vellir, -dalr, local names, II. a nickname; Jósteinn þömb, ix. 260; Þórir Þömb,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)