breytni
nafnorðkvenkyn
change; göra b. á um e-t, to make an alteration in a thing, iii. 155, 5, 98; b. í klæðnaði, fashion, iii. 262: new fashion, i. 338; ný-breytni, 68; hann kvaðst eigi nenna enn um sinn at hafa þessa b., he said that he was not yet minded to, to be baptized, 77, 13 (shape, nature).
2. in usage chiefly moral conduct, acting; eptir-breytni, imitation.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- viz.namely.
- mod.modern.
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Mag.Magus saga. (G. II.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- SnótSnót, poems.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)