blindr
lýsingarorð
[ blinds; and blind; plint; blind; common to all idioms, whilst τύφλος and caecus are of different roots]:—blind; blindr borinn, born blind, 152, vi. 389: proverb, misjafnir eru blinds manns bitar: , with , mjök er mannfólkit blint ens sauna um forlögin, blind as to the fate, 23: as , dark, ekki er þat blint hvers þú eggjar, iv. 133; Einarr lét sér þat blint vera, said that he knew nothing about it, viii. 10; Grettir segir at þeim var blint til þess at ætla, a blind matter for them to guess at, 148 A: a thick storm is called ‘blind-bylr;’ (but the call thick darkness ‘niða-myrkr,’ bælgmörke); the Germans call blind what is hidden and cannot be seen; this is rare in , yet blind-sker, a hidden skerry (rock) in the sea; also blindingr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Germ.German.
- Teut.Teutonic.
- Gr.Greek.
- Lat.Latin.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- i. e.id est.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Dan.Danish.
- cp.compare.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)