burst
nafnorðkvenkyn
I. [ byrst, borste; bösta], a bristle, (1865) 22; but also of a hog’s back and bristles, 70; Gullin-bursti, Gold-bristle, the mythical hog of the god Frey; i. 532 (of the sónargöltr, the sacred hog); v. 165: the phrase, draga bust ór nefi e-m, to draw a bristle out of one’s nose, to cheat, gull one, 36, does not occur anywhere else that we know of; the say, ‘to lead one by the nose,’ in much the same sense.II. the gable of a house (hús-burst), iii. 14 (of a shrine), 106, 57; og gogginn á bustinni brýnir (of a raven sitting on the top of a house and whetting his bill), Sig. Breiðfjörð.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Swed.Swedish.
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Hb.Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ölk.Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Mar.Maríu saga. (F. III.)
- Konr.Konráðs saga. (G. III.)