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armr

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1. s, [ armus; arms; arm; earm; arm].1. brachium in general, the arm from the shoulder to the wrist; sometimes also used of the upper arm or fore arm; the context only can decide. It is rare in ; in prose armleggr and handleggr are more common; but it is often used in dignified style or in a sense; undir brynstúkuna í arminn, lacertus (?), viii. 387; gullhringr á armi, in the wrist, 18; þá lýsti af höndum hennar bæði lopt ok lög, 22, where the corresponding passage of the poem reads armar, armar lýsa, her arms beamed, spread light.
β. phrases; sofa e-m á armi, leggja arma um, to embrace, umarmen; koma á arm e-m, of a woman marrying, to come into one’s embraces, xi. 100, Rings and bracelets are called armlog, armblik, armlinnr, armsól, armsvell, the light, snake, ice of the arm or wrist; armr sólbrunninn, the sunburnt arms, 10.
2. the wing of a body, to its centre; armar úthafsins, the arms of the ocean … the bays and firths, 466; armar krossins, 103; a wing of a house or building, ii. 50; borgar armr, the flanks of a castle, v. 280; the ends, extremities of a wave, ii. 50; the yard-arm, 6; used of the wings of a host in battle (fylkingar armr), í annan arm fylkingar, i. 169, 170, vi. 406, 413, 81; in a sea-fight, of the line of ships, vi. 315; the ends of a bed, sofa upp í arminn, to til fóta; and in many other cases.2. [ arms; earm; arm], never occurs in the sense of inops, but only (as in ), :1. Norse, poor, in a good sense (as in ); þær armu sálur, poor souls, 144; sá armi maðr, poor fellow, 118.2. in a bad sense, wretched, wicked, nearly always used so, where armr is an abusive, aumr a benevolent term: used in swearing, at fara, vera, manna armastr; þá mælti hann til Sigvalda, at hann skyldi fara a., xi. 141; en allir mæltu, at Egill skyldi fara allra manna a., 699; enn armi Bjarngrímr, the wretch, scoundrel Bjarngrim, 239; völvan arma, the accursed witch, iii. 214; þetta arma naut, iii. 498; örm vættr, 1. 32, 29, 23, 32; en arma kerling, the vile old witch, 154, i. 60; Inn armi, in exclamations, the wretch!
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  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • Engl.English.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Germ.German.
  • partic.particularly.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • poët.poetically.
  • cp.compare.
  • opp.opposed.
  • esp.especially.
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • viz.namely.
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