Finnar
nafnorðkarlkyn
the Finns and Lapps; Finnr, a Finn; Finna and Finn-kona, u, a Finn woman, x. 378; Finn-mörk, Finmark, passim; Finnland, Finland; Finnlendingar, the Finns; the name Lapps only occurs in 1. and of the 14th century; Finn-ferð or Finn-för, or Finn-kaup, travelling or trading with the Finns or Lapps, vii, 25, ii. 162; Finn-skattr, tribute paid by the Finns, 53, vi. 377; Finn-skref, cargo in a Finn merchant ship, ii. 515. 516; Finnskr, Finnic, Lapp, , vide Fms, passim. The trade with the Finns or Lapps was in old times regarded as a royal monopoly, 10, 14. 122, Har. S. harðr. 104, 106. and the deeds and laws passim.
II. again the Finns or Lapps were in old times notorious for sorcery, hence the very names Finn and sorcerer became synonymous, 12, 3. 2, Har. S. hárf. 25, 34, Ól. S. Tr. 36; the law forbids to believe in Finns or witchcraft (trúa á Finn eðr fordæður), i. 389, 403:—often in the phrase, Finn-ferð, going to the Finns; fara Finn-farar, ( i. 350) and fara á Finn-mörk at spyrja spá (352) are used like ‘to go to the Blocksberg;’ Finn-vitka, að, to ‘Finn-witch,’ bewitch like a Finn, ii. 78; Finn-bólur, or Finnar, , ‘Finn-pox,’ pustules in the face, ix. 209; Finn-brækr, ‘Finn-breeks,’ wizard-breeks, concerning which see Maurer’s Volkssagen.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- ch.chapter.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- etc.et cetera.
- cp.compare.
- esp.especially.
- Germ.German.
- i. e.id est.
- medic.medicine, medically.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vd.Vatnsdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fél.Félags-rit.