þjóðann
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ renders βασιλεύς by þjûdans; þeoden; thiudan; þjudinassus and þjudan-gardi = βασίλεια, þjudanôn = βασιλεύειν]:—a king, the ruler of a þjóð (þjuda); the word is only used in poets. In the remotest times each tribe or shire had a special king or ruler (fylkir); then in later times they formed a league under one king; and þjóðann and þjóð-konungr () seem to be the words denoting such a king, konungr being the general popular name; vinr þjóðans, 11; Gotna , 21; þjóðans sonr, 22: þjóðans rekkar, 1. 18; þjóðans synir, iii. (in a verse).
2. in the old a good, a great man; þjóðans barn, 14; þjóðans kona, 149; þing ok þjóðans mál, 116.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- cp.compare.
- q. v.quod vide.
- þ.þáttr.
- Ad.Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)