atsókn
nafnorðkvenkynat-sókn
[sækja at], onslaught, attack, i. 64, 100,
β. a throng of guests or visitors seeking hospitality; föng vóru lítil en a. mikill, i. 63 (now )γ. in popular superstition, the foreboding of a guest’s arrival; sleep, drowsiness, or the like, caused, as people believe, by the fylgja or ‘fetch’ of the guest, his sure forerunner; the Icelanders speak of a good, agreeable aðsókn, or a bad, disagreeable one; a man may ‘sækja vel eðr ilia að,’ as he is an agreeable guest or not. Only a ‘fey’ man’s fylgja follows after him. Vide i. 354 : atsóknarmaðr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- etc.et cetera.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- sqq.following.
- COMPDsamsett orð (e. compound)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.