alr
nafnorðkarlkyn
s, ir, awl, 71.
β. in the phrase, ‘leika á als oddi,’ skjálfa þótti húsit, sem á als oddi léki ( allsolla), the house quivered, as if it were balanced on the point of an awl, i. 89; the now use the phrase, að leika á als oddi, of the excitement produced by joy, to be merry, in high spirits, full of life and vigour, ( the to be on pins and needles.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)