Yrða

askr

nafnorðkarlkyn
s, [ äsc, whence many local names; esche]
1. an ash, fraxinus, (Gl.); a. ygdrasils, 10, 11, Pr. 431.2. anything made of ash:
α. a spear, ashen spear shaft ( δόρυ μείλινον, εϋμμελίης), 304, (Gl.)β. a small ship, a bark (built of ash, δόρυ, abies); en þeir sigla burt á einum aski, ii. 206, i. 421: it appears only two or three times in prose writers; hence may be explained the name of ascmanni, viking, pirate, in Adam Brem. 212 [ äscmen], askmaðr.γ. a small vessel of wood ( in , and used instead of deep plates, often with a cover (asklok) in carved work); stórir askar fullir af skyri, 549, 550; kyrnu-askr, skyr-askr.δ. a Norse measure for liquids, equal to four bowls, or sixteen justur, 525, i. 328, i. 396, vii. 203.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • cp.compare.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • ch.chapter.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Þiðr.Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)