býsn
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ bysen, bisen, which means example, whilst the word means] a wonder, a strange and portentous thing; commonly Used in , urðu hverskonar býsn, 625. 42; þar sem þessi býsn ( ) bar fyrir, xi. 13; þetta eru stór býsn, 64; slíkt eru banvæn býsn, iii. 13 (in a verse); , xi. 10, 64: in use , i. 212, Pr. 76, 91; býsna-veðr, portentous weather, iii. 137; býsna-vetr, a winter of portents, when many ghosts and goblins were about, , i. 115; býsna-sumar, in the same sense, 1203. In use býsna- is prefixed to a great many words in the sense of pretty, tolerably, ziemlich; býsna-vel, b. góðr, langr, fljótr, pretty well, pretty good, in early writers the sense is much stronger.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- cp.compare.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- mod.modern.
- fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Germ.German.
- etc.et cetera.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)