blað
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ bläd; blatt; blad. renders the φύλλον by laufs, leaf, lauf. The say a blade of grass or corn, a leaf of a tree; and so, in , herbs or plants have blað, trees lauf]:—a leaf; blöð þess grass er … heitir, Pr. 472; blöð á lauk, (in a verse): a veil, svá er mér sem hangi b. fyrir auga, iii. 126.
2. of leaf-like objects, a leaf in a book, blatt, (never lauf, blaðsiða, u, a page), 210, Ísl. ii. 460: of a painted diptych or the like, þar eru blöð tvau pentuð, 103.
β. the skirt of a kirtle (skaut), 481, 226, 474: now say kjól-laf, the skirt of a coat.γ. a blade, in various connections: the flat part of a thing, the blade of an oar, árar-blað, i. 59: of a rudder, ix. 503; knífs-bíað, the blade of a knife, i. 385: a sword’s blade is in usage called ‘blað,’ but in old writers brandr; spón-blað, the mouth-piece of a spoon; herðar-blað, the shoulder-blade, Botan., blaðka, u, , horblaðka, menyanthes: hófblaðka, caltha palustris; but rjúpnalauf, dryas, : blaðkr, in eyrna-blaðkr, ear-lap.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Hel.Heliand.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- Gr.Greek.
- Engl.English.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.compare.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- etc.et cetera.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Hervar. S.Hervarar saga. (C. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Pm.Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Hjalt.Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.