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blakkr

lýsingarorð
[ blac; black; plak: in svartr, as in and other kindred tongues swart, , represents the niger; while blakkr corresponds to the ater, dead or dusky black], in poetry used as an epithet of wolves, , , in prose it is very rare, iii. 592; hence blekkja, to defraud: the blek, ink, blak, blæk, come from blakkr, corresponding to atramentum, 63 (blez), Pr. 474.
II. = bleikr, pale; blakkr hestr, Ghv. 18 ( corrupt for bleikr, pale, fölvan jó, 2. 47), the colour of death; to dream of riding on a pale horse forebodes death, 136; on a red horse a bloody death, () 67.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • mod.modern.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • perh.perhaps.
  • cp.compare.
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Str.Strengleikar. (G. II.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • BjarniBjarni Thorarinson.
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Vd.Vatnsdæla saga. (D. II.)