broddr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ brord; brort; brozds is suggested], a spike, 285.
β. a kind of shaft, in , vii. 211, ii. 118; handbogi (cross-bow) með tvennum tylptum brodda, ii. 427; örfa skeptra (shafts) eðr brodda, i. 202.γ. a sting, of an insect, 46: , dauði, hvar er þinn b., 1 Cor. xv. 55.δ. of the spikes in a sharped horse-shoe or other shoe, mannbroddar, ice-shoes, Þorst. 46, 238, 240, Acts ix. 5; in a mountaineer’s staff (Alpen-stock), 170.2. [ prurdi = ordo], the front (point) of a column or body of men, to hali, the rear; b. fylkingar and fylkingar broddr, 56, 32; ferðar-broddr, farar-broddr, 96, of a train of cattle and sheep.
β. the phrase, vera í broddi lífsins, to be in the prime of life, 29.γ. the milk of cows and ewes immediately after calving and lambing.δ. a spike on a plant.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Goth.Gothic.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.compare.
- milit.military.
- opp.opposed.
- botan.botanically.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grönd.Benedikt Gröndal.
- Hv.Hungr-vaka. (D. III)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Bárð.Bárðar saga. (D. V.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)