dálkr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ dolch, which word docs not appear in till the 16th century (Grimm); and tulich; dolk]:—the pin in the cloaks (feldr) of the ancients, whence also called feldar-dálkr, 8, 25, i. 180, 55, Góða 18; also the verse , where the poet calls it feldar-stingr, cloak-pin, Tac. 17.
2. the vertebrae of a fish’s tail: it is a child’s game iu to hold it up and ask, hvað eru margar árar á borði undir sporði? whilst the other has to guess how many joints there are, the game morra, ‘micare digitis.’
β. a column in a book.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- mod.modern.
- Germ.German.
- Bohem.Bohemian.
- Pol.Polish.
- Dan.Danish.
- ch.chapter.
- l. c.loco citato.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Ital.Italian.
- Lat.Latin.
- Glúm.Víga-Glúms saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hák. S.Hákonar saga. (E. I.)