Síra
nafnorðkarlkyn
; though so spelt, it is by old people in sounded sera, commonly, however, and less correctly séra, [a Romance word borrowed from the French]:—sirrah (a word now only used contemptuously), sir, master; the word is in S. used as an address to a knight, Síra Ivent, ; but this saga is a translation from the French. In Norway and the word appears at the end of the 13th century (Arna S., Gamla, after 1260, ), and is then used of priests only, as it is in at the present day a recognised title of a priest, and with the Christian name only, so that a clergyman is never named without this title,—Síra Hallgrímr, Síra Þorkell; thus in the ditty, Síra Ólafr á Söndum, | sálina og vísur kvað; Síra Hallgrímr hagr | á hróðrar smíðið var; hann Síra Jón, ; Old sir, used of priests, with the Christian name only, as Sir Hugh, , in Shakespeare.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- indecl.óbeygjanlegt (e. indeclinable)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- etc.et cetera.
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- Art.Artus-kappa sögur. (G. II.)
- Hák. S.Hákonar saga. (E. I.)
- Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Laur. S.Laurentius saga. (D. III.)