Njörðr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, Njarðar, Nirði, [ Nerthus, the goddess in Tacit. 40; a similar worship is in the Northern account, ii. 73–78, attributed to Njord’s son Frey]:—Njorð, one of the old Northern gods, father of Frey and Freyja; about whom see 38, 39, 16, 33, 34, passim: Njord was the god of riches and traffic, hence the phrase, auðigr sem Njörðr, wealthy as Njord, a Croesus, 80. The name remains in Njarðar-vöttr, Njord’s glove, a sponge, Matth. xxvii. 48, in usage, and that it was so in olden times is seen from the words, þessa figúru köllum vér Njarðar-vött í skáldskap, this figure (a kind of antonomasia) we call Njord’s glove, 196: in local names, Njarð-vík, in eastern , ; Njarðar-lög and Njarð-ey, in Norway; also njarð-láss, njarð-gjörð. In old translations of classical legends Njord is taken to represent Saturn, , S. passim.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- ch.chapter.
- i. e.id est.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
- Bret.Breta sögur. (G. I.)
- Clem.Clements saga. (F. III.)