bálkr
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(or better balkr, bölkr), old form b́lkr, , bælki, i. 399, b́lku or bálku, [ bälc], a balk, partition [ naval bulk-heads]; b. um þveran hellinn, of a cross wall, iii. 217, ii. 333, 140; sá studdi höndunum á bálkinn, of a balk of wood across the door, 112.
β. a low wall in a stall or house, i. 399,2. a law term, a section in a code of law; þjófa bálkr, Kristindóms b., , criminal, ecclesiastical law …, , ; enn fyrsti bölkr bókar þessarrar er um Kristindóms hald várt, i. 3; hér hefr kaupa-bolk, 20; landzleigu bolkr, 37; hér hefr upp erfða-bolk, 48; hér hefr upp þjófa bólk, 82; hér hefr upp útgerðar-bolk, 96; hefir hverr hlutr þá bolku í sér, 126; í hinum fyrra bælkinum, 424 (420, 421). Balkr as a law term is much older than any written code, and does not originally denote ‘a section of a code,’ but rather a ‘body, collection of laws,’ frænd-balkr, ætt-balkr; but later it was a section of a written code, Schlyter in the Glossary, balker.
γ. a body, a host, in compds as frændbálkr, ættbálkr, herbálkr; sýndist honum úárenniligr b. þeirra, of a host in line of battle, i. 667; a name.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.compare.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- etc.et cetera.
- s. v.sub voce.
- pr.proper, properly.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)