blóðörn
nafnorðkarlkynblóð-örn
‘blood eagle,’ in the phrase ‘rísta b.,’ to cut a blood eagle, a cruel method of putting to death in the heathen times, practised, as it seems, only on the slayer of one’s father if taken alive in a battle: the ribs were cut in the shape of an eagle and the lungs pulled through the opening, a sort of vivisection described in 8, i. 293, 354 (): so king Ella was put to death by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, iii. 225: it is called a sacrifice to Odin of the victim, the phrase, ok gaf hann Óðni til sigrs sér, ; the old rite ‘marka geirsoddi,’ , is analogous, not identical; also upon the subject Grimm , and 139.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- ch.chapter.
- cp.compare.
- l. c.loco citato.
- q. v.quod vide.
- D. R. A.Deutsche Rechts-alterthümer by Grimm.
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Ragn. S.Ragnars saga. (C. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)