Yrða

bók

nafnorðkvenkyn
1. ar, [ fāgus; φηγός; bôc; beech; buche (); bok; böge, ]:—a beech, (Gl.), Owing to the absence of trees in , the word rarely occurs; moreover the beyki, , is more 2. bókar, but also in old writers bækr, bækr, [ renders by bôca the βίβλος, γράμματα, επιστολή, ; bôc; book; buch (); bok; bog: the identity between bók fāgus and bók liber seems certain; the gender is in all Scandinavian idioms the same; modern German has made a distinction in using buche , buch ; both are akin to the Gr.-Lat. fāgus, φηγός; also the analogy with βίβλος and liber (book and bark): bók-stafr also properly means a beech-twig, and then a letter. In old times, before the invention of parchment, the bark of trees was used for writing on]:—a book.I. the earliest notion, however, of a ‘book’ in is that of a precious stuff, a textile fabric with figures, or perhaps characters, woven in it; it occurs three or four times in old poems in this sense; bók ok blæja, bjartar váðir, 3. 47; bækr (bekr) þínar enar bláhvítu ofnar völundum (of bed-sheets?), 7, 4: bók-rúnar, 19, may refer to this; or is it = runes engraven on beech-wood?II. a book in the proper sense. say, rita and setja saman bók (sögu), to write and compose a book (story); old writers prefer saying, rita ‘á’ bók ( or ) instead of ‘í,’ perhaps bearing in mind that the earliest writings were on scrolls, or even on stones or wooden slabs—barbara fraxineis pingatur runa tabellis; they also prefer to use the instead of without regard to volumes (as in writings); það finst ritað á bókum, i. 157; á bókum Ara prests hins Fróða, iii. 106; historia ecclesiarum á tveim (sjau) bókum, v. 18; á bókum er sagt, (); á bókum Enskum, id.; á bók þessi () lét ek rita fornar frásagnir, (); but svá segir í bók þeirri sem heitir, 222; þá hluti sem frammi standa í bók þessi, 159; svá sem hann ( Ari) hefir sjálfr ritað í sínum bókum, 188; þeir er Styrmir reiknar í sinni bók, ii. 68; hér fyrr í bókinni.III. a book, a story, history (Saga), since in histories were the favourite books; Íslendinga-bók, Konunga-bók, bók Styrmis; Landnáma-bók; bækr þær er Snorri setti saman, ii. 123. It is used of the Gospel in the law phrases, sem búar virða við bók, vinna eið at bók (bókar-eiðr), of a verdict given or an oath taken by laying the hand upon the Gospel, (Þ. Þ.) several times; as the phrase ‘to swear on the book’ is common; of a code (of law) = Jóns-bók, after 1272 or 1281, i. 720, 723, vide those years; hafa bók even means to hold the book, to hold the office of lögmaðr (law-man, judge); Þórðr Narfa son hafði bók, (Hol.) 1304; á bókarinnar vegna, on the part of the book, the law, ii. 492. Mod. phrases: skrifa, rita, semja bók, to write it; lesa í bók, to read it; but syngja á bók, to sing from a book; fletta bók, to turn over the leaves; líta, blaða, í bók, to peruse, look into a book (hann lítr aldrei í bók, he never looks into a book); lesa bók ofan í kjölinn, to read a book carefully, v. lesa bók spjaldanna í milli, to read it from end to end:—sálma-bók, flokka-bók, a hymn-book; kvæða-bók, ljóða-bók, a book of poems; sögu-bók, of histories; lög-bók, of laws; Guðs orða-bók, God’s word-book, a religious book:—also of , Flateyjar-bók ( Flateyensis), Orms-bók, Uppsala-bók, Konungs-bók, Staðarfells-bók, Skálholts-bók, :—phrases relating to books: það er allt á eina bókina lært, all learnt from the same book, all of one piece ( denoting one-sidedness); blindr er bóklauss maðr, blind is a bookless man; læra utan-bókar, to learn without book, by heart; bókvit, ‘bookwit,’ knowledge got from books; mannvit, mother-wit, common sense; allra manna vit er minna en þeirra er af bókum taka mannvit sitt, 22:—also, setja e-n til bækr, to set one to book, put one to school in order to make him priest; berja e-n til bækr, to thrash one to the book, into learning, i; a book has spjöld, boards; kjöl, keel, back; snið, cut; brot, size.
:
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • collect.collective.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • cp.compare.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • sing.eintala (e. singular)
  • pref.preface.
  • viz.namely.
  • i. e.id est.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • Cod.Codex.
  • esp.especially.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Hðm.Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
  • Gh.Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
  • Sdm.Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Dipl.Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
  • SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
  • Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
  • D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)