bleikr
lýsingarorð
[ blâc or blæc; bleached and bleak; blek; bleich and blass]:—pale, wan, of the colour of gold, v. 345; of bad silver, i. 500; of fruits, 161; of ripe barley fields, b. akrar, 112, and John iv. 35, a rendering of λευκός in the ; of animals, a fawn-coloured horse is in called Bleikr, , a mare Bleik, , Flov. 33, ; an ox, 21; of hair, auburn, 156; bleikt hár, the fair locks of a baby, 31, where ‘bleak and bright’ are alliterative; Homer’s ξανθός is in rendered by bleik-hárr.
2. = pallidus, the colour of ashes, pale from fright, loss of blood, or emotion, i. 216; fiskbleikr, pale as a fish, vii. 269; b. sem bast, pale as bast, : of the moonshine, 627: the colour of death, því ligg ek b. í brúki, of a corpse mouldering at the bottom of the sea, vi. 376.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Germ.German.
- Gr.Greek.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Lat.Latin.
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- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.New Testament.
- Vígl.Víglundar saga. (D. V.)
- Vápn.Vápnfirðinga saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.Færeyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)