þvag
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[þvá], ‘wash,’ but only used of,
2. urine, so called from stale urine being in ancient times, as at the present day in , used as lye, instead of soap, for washing wool, wadmal, and the like: in usage as a term, hland being too coarse; þvag-stemma, obstruction of the urine; þvag-lát, þvag-flæði, = enuresis; þvag-lausnir = pyuria; þvag-tregða = dysuria; þvag-sviði = ardor urinae, x. 57, 58.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- prop.proper, properly.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- mod.modern.
- medic.medicine, medically.
- Fél.Félags-rit.