þagsi
lýsingarorð
; the parent-word of the tavs (silent) has hitherto not been found in the old literature; it should be þagsi, but most if not all words of that form were obsolete as early as the 12th and 13th centuries, and have disappeared in , as hugsi, staðsi, heitsi …; we believe it is preserved in the corrupted ‘þegn varð’ in the transcript of the , where we propose to read, svá at allir menn myndi ‘þagsi verða’ (= blive tavse) meðan hann mælti at lögbergi, so that all men would become silent whilst he spoke on the Law-bill, 7. In an ancient vellum a , with the upper end of the s faint or blotted out, and an n or would be distinguished with difficulty; and as to an transcriber þagsi was quite an unknown word, while ‘þegu,’ ‘þagu’ were familiar syllables, he would choose the latter; the vellum itself was lost soon after the copy had been taken in 1651. In (Ísl. i. 385) the word has been paraphrased into ‘þegja;’ see the Academy, vol. i, p. 278.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- mod.modern.
- Dan.Danish.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)