aukvisi
nafnorðkarlkynau-kvisi
a, [ auð-kvisi, from auð, easy, and kveistinn, touchy; kveisa, ulcus, dolor]; in old writers it is spelt with au or av, and sometimes with a double k, ökkvisi, i. 497 vellum 499; auðkvisi, 236 C and the vellum 122 A to ii. 8; aukvisi, 122 B; O. H. ( 1853) reads aucvisi; it means a weakly, irritable, touchy person. Used in the proverb, einn er au. ættar hverrar, the there is a black sheep in every flock, ii. 238: mun ek son minn láta heita Gizur; lítt hafa þeir aukvisar verit í Haukdæla ætt er svá hafa heitið hér til, ii. 8, at the birth of earl Gizur. [The name Gizur was a famous name in this family, Gizur hviti, Gizur biskup, Gizur Hallsson, ]
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.proper, properly.
- cp.compare.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- esp.especially.
- Engl.English.
- etc.et cetera.
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- A. M.Arna-Magnacanus.
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)