botn
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ fundus; botm; bottom; bodm; boden; batten; bund]:—the bottom; of a vessel, tunnu-botn, kistu-botn, , 133, ii. 107, ii. 245: the bottom of other things, of a haycock, 324; marar-botn, the bottom of the sea.
β. the head of a bay, firth, lake, dale, or the like; fjarðar-botn, vatns-botn, vágs-botn, dals-botn: Botn is a local name in , xi. 125: in even = bays, nú er at segja hvat móts gengr við Grænaland ór botnum þeim er fyrir eru nefndir, 294; Hafs-botnar, Trolla-botnar, the Polar Sea between Greenland and Norway; the ancients fancied that these bays were the abode of the giants.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Lat.Latin.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Hel.Heliand.
- Germ.German.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Dan.Danish.
- etc.et cetera.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- A. M.Arna-Magnacanus.